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WATCH: Pyewacket 70 & Kialoa III – Comparing two legends from different times
Antigua Sailing Week 2025 was attended by two top-end offshore racing yachts from very different times.
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Canada Ocean Racing Acquires Foiling Yacht for Scott Shawyer’s Vendée Globe Campaign
Canada Ocean Racing is proud to announce the acquisition of a current generation foiling IMOCA 60 – formerly known as Groupe Dubreuil and originally 11th Hour Racing – M?lama.?
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Monnin victorious in Long Beach for 60th Congressional Cup
Switzerland’s Eric Monnin and his Capvis Swiss Match Racing Team of Ute Monnin Wagner, Mathieu Renault, Jean-Claude Monnin, Simon Brügger, Julien Falxa, and Maxime Mesnil today clinched a long awaited win of the 60th Anniversary Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup, stage three of the 2025 World Match Racing Tour season.
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ILCA Sailing World Elite Set to Compete in Qingdao for 2025 ILCA 6 Women’s & ILCA 7 Men’s World Championships
The eyes of the sailing world will turn to Qingdao, China, from 10–17 May 2025, as the city prepares to host the 2025 ILCA 6 Women’s and ILCA 7 Men’s World Championships.
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Final four through to Semi-Finals in tense light air conditions
Light airs and overcast conditions brought high-stakes racing to the penultimate day of the 60th Congressional Cup in Long Beach as the final four teams advanced to the semi-finals.
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El Ocaso takes historic Lord Nelson Trophy victory at Antigua Sailing Week
After a week of intensely close racing, Steve Rigby’s chartered J/122 El Ocaso, triumphed in CSA Racing Class 3, and claimed Antigua Sailing Week’s most coveted prize, the Lord Nelson Trophy. This recognises the CSA Racing 2, 3 or 4 class winner with the fastest overall corrected times calculated on a time-on-distance basis.
Melbourne Osaka Yacht Race
Alive Makes Clean Sweep in the 2025 Melbourne Osaka Cup
The Reichel/Pugh 66 Alive, skippered by Duncan Hine and co-skipper Glenn Myler, has made a clean sweep of Line Honours, AMS, PHS and ORCi in the 2025 Melbourne to Osaka Cup.
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Steady tradewinds return to Antigua Sailing Week
The final day of racing at Antigua Sailing Week saw a return to steady winds of 10-12 knots that gradually built to 13-14 knots, accompanied by plenty of tropical sun. The big boats in CSA Racing Class 1 had a 20-mile course in conditions that had Roy Disney’s Volvo 70 Pyewacket hitting speeds of 15-17 knots.
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Crucial races to decide Semi-Finalists
The race to the semi-finals at the 60th Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup is going down to the wire. With just two flights remaining in the double round robin stage, four teams are locked in a high-stakes battle for the final semi-final slots with crucial races to count.
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Trio of Performance Marine Group-sponsored athletes head to Qingdao for ILCA World Championships
Performance Marine Group (PMG), a global leader in high-performance boating, proudly announces that three of its sponsored sailors – Arthur Farley (UK), Healy Ryan (Australia), and Sylvie Stannage (Australia) – will compete in the 2025 ILCA 7 Men’s and ILCA 6 Women’s World Championships, taking place in Qingdao, China, from 10 to 17 May 10, 2025.
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Monnin in the hunt for Congressional Cup Semi-Final
Switzerland’s Eric Monnin and his Capvis Swiss Match Racing Team delivered a faultless performance today, the second day of the 60th Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup.
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Overall results go to the wire at Antigua Sailing Week
Racing at this year’s Antigua Sailing Week is so close that one-third of the classes started the penultimate day with boats tied on points at the top of their respective leaderboards.
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Antigua Sailing Week // Lay Day beach fun, sun & island vibes
After three days of racing and equal days of celebrating at Antigua Sailing Week, it was time for sailors to enjoy a little downtime on Lay Day, which offered a change of pace for both Antigua Sailing Week crews, the local community, and visitors to the island.
Melbourne Osaka Yacht Race
Life Changing Ocean Racing Experience // Melbourne Osaka Cup
A resounding yes, they’d do it again for such an amazing life-changing experience, is how Cyrus Allen, skipper of the Beneteau 50, White Spirit, summed up the 2025 Melbourne to Osaka race, which he completed with co-skipper Lillian Stewart.
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Strong start for defending champion on opening day of 60th Congressional Cup
USA’s Chris Poole, defending champion of the Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup leads the first day of the 60th Anniversary event with six straight wins in the opening round-robin stage.
Melbourne Osaka Yacht Race
Joker X2’s Long Game // Melbourne Osaka Cup
After thirty-six days and 5,500 nautical miles, the double-handed crew of Joker X2 crossed the Osaka finish line with a quiet sense of achievement.
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McIntyre Mini Globe Race Fleet Battles Pacific in historic 4,300-Mile test of endurance
Solo Sailors Face Doldrums, Equipment Failures and Avian Invaders in Unprecedented Small Boat Challenge – week five of leg 2
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Pip Hare joins Canada Ocean Racing – Be Water Positive for The Ocean Race Europe
Canada Ocean Racing is excited to announce that British offshore sailor Pip Hare will join their Be Water Positive campaign for the 2025 edition of The Ocean Race Europe.
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Day three at Antigua Sailing Week delivers superb racing
Sailors ranging from newcomers to veterans of multiple America’s Cup campaigns enjoyed Caribbean sailing at its best in today’s racing at Antigua Sailing Week, with lots of sun and moderate tradewinds of 10-12 knots.
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Tight margins define racing on day two of Antigua Sailing Week Marina & Resort Women’s Race Day
Varied conditions tested teams at Antigua Sailing Week today across a range of wind strengths, with the big boats enjoying adrenaline-pumping speeds of 20 knots in the stronger gusts.
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Maxime Mesnil wins Ficker Cup. Lineup confirmed for 60th Congressional Cup
Maxime Mesnil (FRA) won the Ficker Cup, but it is Nicole Breault (USA) and Peter Wickwire (CAN) who have advanced to the main field of the prestigious international sailing regatta, the Congressional Cup, hosted by the Long Beach Yacht Club.
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To Peel or not to Peel. Would you take a Banana on board?
This is just for fun, but is surprisingly a big topic of conversation! In the serious world of yacht racing, where strategy, weather models, and sometimes just sheer luck can determine who crosses the line first, there’s one unlikely villain still lurking in the galley: the humble banana.
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American Magic Quantum Racing Ready for 52 Super Series Season Opener
The 2025 52 SUPER SERIES season gets underway this week in Saint-Tropez, and American Magic Quantum Racing returns to the starting line with a fully unified sailing team that merges the two racing programs under one name, one brand identity, and one mission.
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Christophe Bogrand enters the GSC 2027 with Sterec Bleu
We are pleased to welcome Christophe Bogrand as the 17th confirmed entry in the Global Solo Challenge 2027-2028.