On a day of high pressure - in all senses - and drama in all the Medal series, team power and individual brilliance produced some of the closest board Finals in Hyères history.
The village of the Transat Paprec was inaugurated this Tuesday afternoon, the 15th of April. All of the skippers were present alongside the representatives of the main partners of this edition including Paprec Group, the Brittany Region, the town of Concarneau, the CCI Finistère - Quimper délégation and the Collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy. From now on, 5 days of exchanges, discussions and celebrations. This afternoon, the skipper set the tone by participating in the Alex Picot Challenge ePrologue, won by Jules Ducelier and Sophie Faguet (Région Normandie).
Trieste, renowned in the sailing world as Italy’s City of Sails, is preparing to spend a week as the Capital of the Melges 24 as it gets ready to host the Melges 24 World Championship 2025 on September 20-27. This marks the first time the Melges 24 Worlds will be held on the Adriatic Sea.
Emirates Team New Zealand and Peter Burling have today confirmed that they have agreed to part ways ahead of the 38th America’s Cup.
The 2025 Melges 24 European Sailing Series officially set sail this weekend with its season-opening event – Luki Baustoffe CRO Melges 24 Cup 2025 Opatija - in the scenic town of Opatija, Croatia. Hosted by Yacht Club Croatia at ACI Marina Ičići, and organized in partnership with the Croatian Melges 24 Class, the regatta welcomed 24 teams from six nations, including a strong lineup of returning champions and Corinthian contenders.
Since winning the 37th America’s Cup in October last year The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Emirates Team New Zealand have been intent on exploring the possibility of hosting the 38th America’s Cup in Auckland with the understanding it would take a combination of private backing, Local Government as well as Central Government support to make it happen, but not at the expense of funding other priorities in the tough economic climate.
San Francisco – Spain has once again taken the win in San Francisco as a dramatic second day of racing saw Australia miss the Final due to a dramatic wing collapse. Diego Botin’s team repeated its Season 4 Championship winning performance on San Francisco waters, beating NorthStar Canada and France...
Northstar Canada claimed their inaugural win of the 2025 Season – the first for the team since March 2023 (Season 3) and the first with double Olympic gold medalist Giles Scott as driver. Defeating league heavyweights New Zealand (2nd) and Australia (3rd), today’s result makes four different winners in as many events, as competition across the Rolex SailGP Championship heats up.
The International Melges 24 Class Association (IM24CA), in partnership with the Yacht Club Adriaco and the Italian Melges 24 Class Association, is excited to announce that the entry process for the 2025 Melges 24 World Championship, which will take place September 20-27 in Trieste, Italy, is now open.
The Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team have claimed their inaugural 2025 Season victory on Championship Sunday in Sydney. The win was also a first for driver Dylan Fletcher after a hard-fought three-boat showdown against the Northstar Canada SailGP Team, who finished second, and hometown favorites, Australia in third.
Starting on the 24th of February, the 16th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 has attracted close to 500 sailors from 38 different countries. For the third occasion, the Caribbean’s major offshore race is preceded by the inshore regatta, the RORC Nelson’s Cup Series, which runs from the 18-21 February. Over 20 teams are expected, including a record seven Maxis, with a fleet of 24 boats in the 48NM Antigua 360 Race. In total, over 70 boats will be racing with the Royal Ocean Racing Club, supported by the Antigua Yacht Club.
Oggi martedì alle 08:34 UTC, dopo 85 giorni, 20 ore e 32 minuti in mare, Giancarlo Pedote ha tagliato il traguardo del Vendée Globe al largo di Les Sables d’Olonne. Lo skipper di Prysmian, che quattro anni fa aveva concluso la regata con un eccezionale ottavo posto, questa volta ha completato la circumnavigazione del globo in 22ª posizione.
The 52 SUPER SERIES fleet is looking forwards to welcoming the accomplished Italian team Vitamina Sailing who will race their Botin designed TP52 Alkedo powered by Vitamina. The boat raced most recently as Interlodge but previously won the circuit as Azzurra.
Bryon Ehrhart’s Juan K Maxi 88 Lucky (USA) crossed the finish line outside Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada on Monday 20th January 2025 at 09:19:41 UTC.
French skipper Sébastien Simon crossed the Vendée Globe finish line in third place at 00h27 (UTC) on Friday January 17, after 67 days, 12 hours and 25 minutes of racing, finishing 2 days and 17 hours behind the overall winner.
After a thrilling and long-running duel with winner Charlie Dalin, the PAPREC ARKÉA skipper completed his first solo round the world race this morning at 0612 UTC, taking a superb second place after 65 days, 18 hours and 10 minutes at sea.
Triple Champions Australia mastered Auckland’s fast and furious conditions and SailGP’s new T-Foils claim its first win of the season by triumphantly beating Spain and Emirates GBR.
Finish time: 07:24:49 UTCRace time: 64d 19h 22min 49sRecord broken by : 09d 08h 12min 57sDistance actually covered: 27 667.91 nautical milesActual average speed: 17.79 knots Les Sables d’Olonne – After one long, cold final night fighting through light winds off the Brittany coast, Charlie Dalin, the French skipper of MACIF Santé Prévoyance crossed the Vendée...
After the pin system which secures his J2 forestay broke Bellion had effected some kind of fix a few days ago. But following another failure and facing a storm forecast in an area where he had no options to repair, fearing for the safety of his mast Bellion chose to head into the Falklands where he came alongside a pontoon in 35kts winds. Stepping on land there he announced his withdrawl from this, his second Vendée Globe. Bellion is the sixth skipper to retire.
At just 19 years of age, Mattias Coutts has taken out the PredictWind Moth World Championships at his home venue,Manly Sailing Club with a crowd of fans and spectators cheering him on from the sidelines.