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After more than 80 years of family leadership, Melges Performance Sailboats is turning the page to a new chapter. The iconic brand, founded by Harry C. Melges and nurtured across three generations, has been purchased by Cate Muller-Terhune and Allan Terhune Jr.
Dubai Offshore Sailing Club (DOSC), the Middle East’s largest and longest-established sailing club, will host its Youth Development Week from 13–17 October 2025. The initiative reflects DOSC’s mission to develop future talent and cement Dubai as a hub for youth sailing excellence.
Riccardo Pianosi and Jessie Kampman resisted enormous pressure in the medal series to become the 2025 Formula Kite World Champions. After a week of drama, it was a climactic finale on day six of the Formula Kite World Championships in Quartu Sant’Elena, Sardinia.
After days of high-stakes offshore racing, dramatic twists, and an unforgettable finale, the 2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championships reached its conclusion in Cowes.
While other kids talked about their cats or dogs, I used to say that all the fish in the world lived in my “garden” and that my home could take us to paradise islands where the sand was hot and the ocean was turquoise.
From October 7 to 12, 2025, Fraglia Vela Malcesine will host the Inclusive World Championship 2.4mr 2025, the World Championship that celebrates sailing as a sport without barriers.
If the Pacific was a test of endurance, the Indian Ocean is a masterclass in controlled chaos. The McIntyre MGR fleet is 7000miles from Fiji and deep in the throes of Leg 3’s 10,000 mile marathon to Cape Town.
Jessie Kampman leads the women and Max Maeder leads the men after a four-race opening day of the Formula Kite World Championships in Sardinia.
The 2025 ILCA Master World Championships came to a close today in Formia, wrapping up a week of challenging conditions, fierce international competition, and unforgettable moments both on and off the water.
After two qualifying races, ten teams from nine nations had already booked their places in the final of the 2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championships.
The second qualification race of the 2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championships started from Cowes, Isle of Wight in a crisp northeasterly, 10 knots under clear skies.
The 29er Class Association is delighted to announce that bids are now open to host our upcoming major championships.
With the final few hours of the race more jib reaching then a peel back to a zero into the finish, it didn’t leave too many more windows of opportunities to pass, save for any issues that a boat in front may have had but the crews were all pretty dialled in!
Provisional results are in from the first 140nm qualifier of the 2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championships, and the racing delivered plenty of drama.
At midnight on Friday, 19 September the 46th Rolex Middle Sea Race, which starts on Saturday, 18 October 2025, had amassed a fleet of 118 yachts.
ILCA’s mission is to protect the integrity of strict one-design sailing—the principle that ensures every sailor competes on equal terms. This principle, enshrined in the ILCA Fundamental Rule, has been the foundation of our class’s success, making ILCA the world’s largest and most enduring youth and adult dinghy class.
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The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has confirmed that the Admiral’s Cup will return in 2027, building on the spectacular success of its 2025 comeback after a 22-year hiatus. Widely hailed as the pinnacle of international team racing, the Admiral’s Cup blends intense inshore contests with offshore challenges, culminating in the legendary Rolex Fastnet Race to decide the winner of the prestigious Ad
The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), in collaboration with Cap-Regatta and supported by LGL and Jeanneau, is proud to host the 2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championships from 22nd September to 1st October from Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Sailors from across the world are gathering at Circolo Vela Arco on Lake Garda, Italy, for the 2025 OK Dinghy World Championship. Racing starts on Monday, but before then the colossal task of registering and checking more than 200 boats is underway.
Vaikobi, one of the world’s leading performance watersport gear and accessories brands, announced an exciting new partnership with the Switch One Design Class, one of the fastest-growing foiling classes in the world.
As the anticipation builds and preparation by all teams is quietly ramping up for the upcoming America’s Cup, Dan Bernasconi, Head of Design for Emirates Team New Zealand and one of the architects of the third edition of the AC75 Class Rule and Technical Regulations has unveiled some of the key points that will govern the design parameters of the AC75’s that will race in Naples in 2027.
Registration has opened for the 2026 BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival, one of the Caribbean’s top regattas. The event has moved forward a week from previously published dates and will take place March 23-29. This move away from the Easter period should make it easier to attend in terms of flight, accommodation, and boat availability.
With the clock ticking down to the start of the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup in Naples in 2027, the AC75 Class Rules and Technical Regulations have been issued to all teams and published with a focus on cost containment.
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