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The first finishers of the AEGEAN 600 arrive in near-record time. Claudio Demartis’s Reichel/Pugh 90 PROSECCO DOC SHOCKWAVE 3 (ITA) is crowned First to Finish with an elapsed time of 2D 0H 8M 27S, just 3 hours off the course record set in 2023 by the Farr 100 LEOPARD 3 (MON). Two minutes later George…

Another sun soaked day, with a 10+ knot breeze that we have become used to in Hayling Bay for this 505 World Championship. Jan-Philipp Hofmann and Felix Brockerhoff of Germany retain their lead after two more races, posting their first win and a fourth place to see their three point lead reduced to one. The…

The 29er World Championship Race Committee successfully completed the full qualification series after three intense days at Kiel, Germany. The 276-boat 29er fleet will be split into Gold, Silver, Bronze, Emerald, Purple and White fleets for the final series from Tuesday. Top of the overall standings, are the Swedish team of Henric Wigforss and William…

The brisk Meltemi has continued to persist into the second day of the AEGEAN 600 with the breeze at 15-20 knots, giving all teams fast reaching and downwind rides throughout the first half of the 605-mile race. Race leaders in elapsed time – Claudio Demartis’s Reichel/Pugh 90 PROSECCO DOC SHOCKWAVE 3 (ITA) and George Procopiou’s…

The 2026 Swallow National Championship hosted by Seaview YC on the Isle of Wight, featured fourteen Swallows from the Fleet home club Itchenor SC. Championship Winners were: Carolyn Brigg, Oliver Sloper and David Sloper sailing Marengo (S82). Second were Charles Peacock, Andy Gasser and Mike Ewart-Smith in Buccaneer (S66) and third Mike Wigmore, Charles Hyatt…

Day 1 of the 505 Class 2026 World Championship at Hayling Island Sailing Club. Jan-Philipp Hofmann and Felix Brockerhoff of Germany are the early leaders after two races, with a 4, 2 scoreline for a three point advantage ahead of Mike Holt and Carl Smit of the USA with a 3 and 6 score. In…

Overall winner of the 2026 RORC Cowes Dinard St Malo Race under IRC, claiming the historic King Edward VII Challenge Cup, was the French J/133 Sun Hill IV, skippered by François Charles. Line Honours went to Johnny Vincent’s Volvo 70 Pace. Second overall was James Neville’s Botin 52 Ino Veritas, which also won IRC Zero. Completing the…

American match racing star Chris Poole and his Riptide Racing team reclaimed the GKSS Match Cup Sweden title on Saturday, while France’s Pauline Courtois / Match in Pink successfully defended the Nordea Women’s Trophy. Poole and his Riptide Racing crew of Adam Minoprio, Mal Parker and Luke Payne defeated local favourite Sweden’s Oscar Engström and…

A brisk Meltemi breeze of 25-30 knots prompted reefed mainsails and small jibs for this year’s fleet at Sunday’s start of the 6th edition of the AEGEAN 600, organized by the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) and Olympic Marine. After a short leg upwind towards the turning mark at the foot of the cliff below…

After the Preliminary Regatta Sardinia, the Italian AC team has returned its focus to the development of the AC75 Luna Rossa, the boat with which it will compete in the 38th America’s Cup in 2027. The modified AC75 returned to the water in Cagliari a few weeks ago and after the tow test and the…