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The 2025 Rolex Middle Sea Race is scheduled to start on Saturday, 18 October. Yachts ranging in size from 9.75 to 22 metres (32 to 72 feet) have entered so far representing 14 nations, including Australia, Argentina, China and the United States.
Britain’s Charlie Cumbley has won the 2025 OK Dinghy European Championship, in Warnemünde, Germany, after all racing was cancelled on the last day with strong winds and passing storms. Canada’s Ben Flower takes the silver while Sweden’s Daniel Björndahl takes bronze.
The UAE’s toughest regional sailing challenges returns
Canada’s Ben Flower and Britain’s Charlie Cumbley will go into Wednesday’s final day at the 2025 OK Dinghy European Championship in Warnemünde, Germany, on equal points with two more races to sail.
Britain’s Charlie Cumbley holds a two-point lead at the half-way stage of the 2025 OK Dinghy European Championship in Warnemünde, Germany, after two more races were held on Monday.
The 2025 OK Dinghy Europeans got underway in Warnemunde, Germany, on Sunday with race wins for Sweden’s Daniel Björndahl, Britain’s Andy Davis and Charlie Cumbley and Denmark’s Steen Christensen. The 111-boat fleet from 14 nations is sailing in two groups, with two days of qualification races and two days of finals racing scheduled.
The 2025 OK Dinghy European Championship opens in Warnemünde this weekend with 118 sailors from 14 nations on the entry list. It will take place in the first half of Warnemünder Woche.
This is the news we’ve been waiting to share! PredictWind is the new provider of tracking data for the next Ocean Race, kicking off with The Ocean Race Europe!
When the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race set off—the first solo, non-stop circumnavigation—many thought it impossible. But one sailor proved them wrong: Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, sailing his beloved Suhaili!
Niklas Edler, from Sweden has won the 2025 Kieler Wiche for OK Dinghies after the final two races on Sunday, which brought the strongest winds of the week.
The GWA returned to the iconic location of Tarifa this July for the sixth consecutive year, delivering four days of thrilling Surf-Freestyle action. A total of 17 women and 28 men registered for this second Surf-Freestyle stop of the 2025 season.
Niklas Eder, from Sweden, extended his lead at Kieler Woche after two more races on Saturday in again, quite windy and shifty offshore winds.
Sweden’s Niklas Edler has maintained his lead in the 49 strong OK Dinghy fleet at Kieler Woche on Friday with a 2,1 in fairly breezy conditions and holds a 2-point lead over Canada’s Ben Flower who scored 1,2. Germany’s Andre Budzien moves up to third overall.
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On the first day of Kieler Woche for the OK Dinghy class, Sweden’s Niklas Edler began his defence for the OK Dinghy with a solid 2, 1 on the day that started with light winds and which increased through the second race.
Members of the St Edmundsbury Sailing & Canoeing Association enjoyed spectacular conditions for their 12 th Antigua Sailing Day Regatta at Lackford Lake, on Sunday. The gusty and shifty breeze provided great entertainment for the competitors and spectators alike.
The St.?Maarten Heineken Regatta has once again secured its place as the biggest regatta in the Caribbean, with 107 yachts crossing the start line – more than any other regional event – and 13,000 visitors transcending upon the Port de Plaisance Regatta Village for four unforgettable nights of “Serious?Fun!”
From 6–8 June 2025, the 40th All Japan Tasar Championship and 2026 Tasar World Championship Preregatta took place at the scenic Okuma Private Beach & Resort in Kunigami Village, Okinawa. After three days of fierce competition, the event came to a successful close.
Some yachts, though not many, make a riveting first impression. The Baltic 68 Café Racer is one of them. Whether you’re looking at her alongside a dock or anchored in a bay, motoring into harbour or powering along under sail, when viewed from any angle this 21-metre design by Javier Jaudenes has that rare, elusive combination of perfect elegance, balance and poise.
Kiwi Team Racing has finished an impressive second at the 2025 Team Racing World Championships in Newport, Rhode Island in the 2v2 format – a format they have never raced before! Check out their full wrap up of the event.
The remaining boats in the Eastern Asia Offshore Race arrived on Sunday 1 June at Tainan, the final destination of a 350nm journey. Sheltered by the coast, the wind was light, making for a nail-biting catch and chase among the main pack – Fenice, Parnassus, and two Sunfast 3600s, Zesst and 2Easy.
The 2025 Lypo-C Enoshima Olympic Week concluded after three days of high- level competition, bringing together 302 boats from five countries and highlighting both Olympic-calibre talent and rising youth sailors.
Three wins, three losses. That’s how the Kiwi Team Racing team kicked off the 2025 Team Racing World Championships. “It’s not over until the fat lady sings,” Jordan Stevenson.
Gray skies, intermittent rain and shifty light winds were not enough to dampen the energy and enthusiasm on Narragansett Bay for Day 1 of the Team Racing World Championship underway at Harbour Court.
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