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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.
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.
Giuliano Luzzato shares the inside scoop on the Metis 45, which aims to bridge the gap between the avowedly simple Class40 and complex IMOCA.
The 2025 52 Super Series season kicks off next week in Saint-Tropez with 11 teams locked, loaded, and ready after months of prep. No clear favorite means wide-open racing on the Côte d'Azur as the world's best TP52 crews chase early glory on one of sailing’s biggest stages.
With this summer’s edition of The Ocean Race Europe fast approaching, race organizers have confirmed the final piece of the puzzle: a high-stakes Fly-By in Matosinhos-Porto, Portugal, during Leg 2 of the event.
There’s no room for faint hearts or fluffed manoeuvres this weekend as eight match racing teams swagger into Long Beach, Ca. for the 2025 Ficker Cup — a bruising, no-second-chances shootout where only two crews will emerge with golden tickets to the big dance: the 60th Congressional Cup.
The 2025 season started well for maxi yachting: first was the RORC Transatlantic Race followed by the latest venture for maxis in the Caribbean, an inshore regatta, the Nelson’s Cup Maxi Series, followed immediately by the RORC Caribbean 600 – reports IMA Secretary General, Andrew McIrvine.
When a single point decided the 2024 52 Super Series season championship, no one wants to start the 2025 circuit by giving anything away in the first few races of May's 2025 season opening event in Saint Tropez.
With military-spec materials, design awards and pro sailor endorsements, Mustang Survival unveils its new ranges of lifejackets and foul weather gear.
We take an fond look back to 2008-09 when the now legendary French solo skipper Michel Desjoyeaux staged the greatest comeback in Vendée Globe history—starting last but overtaking every rival to win the solo around-the-world race for an unprecedented second time.
Magnus Wheatley explores the challenges facing yacht clubs today – from declining membership to rising costs – and argues that clubs focusing on fun, accessibility, and community sailing, thrive—while those don't, risk decline.
Valérian Lebrun had led from the front for most of the week, but it wasn’t until the very last moments of the final race on Saturday that he could be sure.
