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Arran Holman has become a double winner with two different helmsmen in this season’s Seldén Sailjuice Winter Series. Crewing for Johnny ‘The Postman’ McGovern in a Merlin Rocket, Holman hiked his way to victory in the Yorkshire Dales Brass Monkey.

Six Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) volunteers have been recognised in His Majesty The King’s New Year Honours for more than 200 years of dedicated service to the lifesaving charity.

Is it time for a new rulebook when it comes to the Hobart? Maybe throw out things like go out early and come in late? Find the South flowing East Australia Current, and then use it? Maybe 2025 is the year of asking that question…

Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th were this year’s “Twixmas” Regatta for radio yachts at Fleetwood MYC. 19 DF95’s and 36 IOM’s has initially entered but we had a few dropouts and so just 17 DF95’s and 30 IOM’s actually competed.

In a non-Fastnet year, for 2026 the East Anglian Offshore Racing Association is offering a new format programme in the hope of encouraging more boats to sample the delights of racing beyond their local waters.

What if you could create something that measured for real? You wouldn’t need acronyms like IMS, IRC, ORCi, UMS, AMS, MOCRA, ORR, OMR, or PHRF. No hull factors deployed. No age allowances required. No weighing involved. No recut of sails.

The 2025-26 Flying 11 Nationals kicked off yesterday, Sunday 28th December, hosted by the Belmont 16ft SC on Lake Macquarie, NSW. 42 Flying 11s representing 8 clubs are competing, making for exciting racing on the pristine waters of Belmont Bay.

After the disappointment of no sailing the previous weekend due to unfavourable weather, everyone had been looking at multiple forecasts like hawks as we needed our sailing fix to finish off the year and the series.

The Ultim Trimaran Sodebo 3, of Skipper Thomas Coville and his team, have slowed, but maintain record pace on their Jules Verne Trophy world circuit.

The battle for the handicap win is hotting up in the 2025 Melbourne to Hobart ‘Westcoaster’ Yacht Race.