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IMA Maxi European Championship offshore race

Peter Dubens' North Star has been confirmed as maxi IRC overall winner of the Regata dei Tre Golfi, gaining valuable points towards this year's IMA Maxi European Championship © Rolex / Studio Borlenghi

With the 26 strong maxi fleet sub-divided into three classes, the remainder of the Regata dei Tre Golfi maxi fleet arrived throughout the course of yesterday afternoon. Giuseppe Puttini’s Swan 65 ketch Shirlaf was last home at 17:45CEST. Due to ...

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Solo Tasman Yacht Challenge

solo-tasman.co.nz © Copyright Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge - 2023

Malcolm Dickson and the beautiful Sarau have taken Line Honours and first place in the 2023 Ray White Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge in the Adventure-Monohull division at 1453. Malcolm Dickson finished in a race time of 10 days, 1 hour, ...

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Hamilton Island Race Week

Hamilton Island Race Week 2022 Team Hollywood © Salty Dingo

The internationally acclaimed Hamilton Island Race Week will be contested on the tropical waters around Hamilton Island from August 19 – 26, 2023. A longstanding feature of the east coast sailing calendar, Race Week 2023 has so far drawn 170 ...

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SailGP 12-event calendar Season 4

SailGP Season 4 initial calendar for 2023-24 (Canadian city to be confirmed) © SailGP

SailGP, the world’s most exciting racing on water, has unveiled its final Season 4 calendar, featuring a mix of already established fan-favorite locations, new territories and some welcome returns to the SailGP host city fold. As a continued sign of ...

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Ocean Cruising Seminar

Ocean Cruising Seminar in Guildford, UK © World Cruising Club

Held in Guildford, UK on 25-26 March, this immersive weekend will kickstart your bluewater cruising plans. The programme features in-depth lectures on all things for outfitting for ocean cruising – from safety to communications, weather to power management, auto-pilots to ...

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50th Rolex Fastnet Race

Young trainee sailors will be competing in the 50th Rolex Fastnet Race on board the 1963 aluminium classic Germania VI - photo © Lasse Eklof / www.yachtphoto.se

Appropriately, given the 2023 Rolex Fastnet Race will be the 50th edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s premier event, a significant number of classic yachts are entered, competing for the Dorade Cup. In 2021, Paul Moxon’s Amokura was the ...

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The Ocean Race Leg 3

The Ocean Race 2022-23 Day 13 Leg 3 onboard Biotherm. The crew working on the sails on deck - photo © Ronan Gladu / Biotherm

As the fleet races towards the scoring gate, records are being set… It’s been a record breaking day in The Ocean Race as the four IMOCAs racing through the south are pressing hard to gain position – and points – ...

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St. Maarten Heineken Regatta Overall

Esperance and Panacea in CSA6 - St. Maarten Heineken Regatta day 1 ©Laurens Morel / www.saltycolours.com

It was another sunny Sunday in St. Maarten for the final day’s racing at the 43rd St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. With slightly lighter winds forecasted, PRO Mark Townsend set two courses for most of the fleet. Tension was high, with ...

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Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2023 ©Michael White

Crowds convene across entire Hobart waterfront to celebrate the long weekend The Australian Wooden Boat Festival has gone off with a bang, with revelers enjoying the live entertainment in the Ironhouse Waterside Tavern, with crowd pleasing bands Baby Come Tack, ...

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Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 2023

Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta©TOBIAS STOERKLE PHOTOGRAPHY

To take advantage of our early bird registration ending 1st March, go to our website www.antiguaclassics.com The fees, classes and everything else you need to know are in the Notice of Race, to see the NOR click here. The simplified Race Maps and ...

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