Posts published during 2025.
Watching the 60th Congressional Cup online over the weekend I was blown away by the expertise on show from some of the best match racing crews in the world. I was also struck by how much of what I was watching could be applied by the rest of us mere mortals to improve our fleet racing performance.
At the 60th anniversary of the Long Beach Yacht Club's Congressional Cup, Switzerland’s Eric Monnin finally got his hands on the one prize that's eluded him for years and earned the right to don the event's iconic winner's Crimson Blazer.
In the picturesque surrounds of the French Riviera, Britain's Tony Langley and his Gladiator team made a dramatic late charge to secure a career-first victory at the helm on the 52 Super Series circuit.
Light airs and overcast skies added tension and drama to the penultimate day of the 60th Congressional Cup in Long Beach, where the semi-final picture finally came into sharp focus after a day of high-stakes, nerve-jangling match racing.
With the clock ticking and tensions rising at the 60th Congressional Cup, the fleet’s top skippers and tacticians now find themselves in a familiar place: staring down the fine margins that define the double round robin’s final push.
Ed Gorman’s exploratory post about the movement to revive the Scottish Series sent me tumbling back in time to the seven (I think) editions of this once-iconic regatta that I took part in over the years on the stunningly beautiful Loch Fyne.
Once a highlight of the UK sailing calendar, the Jura Scottish Series is battling falling entries and fading glory. Led by veteran Roddy Angus, organisers and volunteers are fighting to revive the regatta and keep the spirit of Tarbert’s iconic event alive. Ed Gorman finds out more.
At the 60th Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup, Switzerland's Eric Monnin proved Thursday that experience counts for plenty when the stakes rise. The Capvis Swiss Match Racing Team skipper clicked into high gear, sweeping all three of his races in Round Robin 2 to climb into second overall.
By the time Tony Langley and his Gladiator crew rolled into Saint-Tropez for the opening salvo of the 2025 52 Super Series, they had already spent ten solid days knocking off the offseason rust.
The first American woman to race solo around the world will be tearing around Europe this summer aboard a state-of-the-art 60-foot foiling IMOCA. Sean McNeill tracks her 12-year journey from sailing rookie to ocean racing record-setter.
With Long Beach’s classic sea breeze finally filling in after a slow morning, Poole and his Riptide Racing crew wasted no time putting their stamp on the 60th Congressional Cup.
America's Cup fans all have a favourite edition – for me hands down it's the 34th America's Cup held in San Francisco Bay in 2013. Here's why.
Canada Ocean Racing has given a significant boost to its Be Water Positive Ocean Race Europe campaign with the addition of British offshore sailor Pip Hare, who will sail alongside skipper Scott Shawyer in the four-person crew for the 2025 edition of the race this summer.
Once hailed as "the unofficial world championship of offshore racing," the Admiral’s Cup is back—and the sailing world is buzzing.
I didn't think I was going to be, but somehow I've found myself hooked on the adventure story that is the 2025 Transat Parec, where a fleet of 19 mixed sex Beneteau 3 crews are fighting it out on a racecourse that takes them from Concarneau, France across the Atlantic to St Barths.
Giuliano Luzzato shares the inside scoop on the Metis 45, which aims to bridge the gap between the avowedly simple Class40 and complex IMOCA.
