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After some top-quality pop song bingo turned karaoke on Wednesday evening. the fleet awoke to a drizzly morning for the final day’s racing at the Magic Marine Scorpion Nationals.

The forecast today was for stronger westerly gradient winds of 18-20kts with gusts of 28 and an ebb tide. The race committee decided to take the fleet into Osbourne Bay from a Committee boat.

After the disappointment of race 2 (too much wind) and race 4 (too little wind) being postponed, Race 5 for the Rock Trophy got under way in 11 to 16 knots of winds Thursday morning.

One of the best ways to track the intensifying competitiveness of the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup is the number of teams taking time to train in Newport in advance of this year’s edition.

The penultimate day of Cowes Week 2025 delivered great winds with some fruity gusts and choppy seas to challenge competitors as the competition for the top prizes heats up.

The Royal North of Ireland boat park is now a great place to hang around and chat about the day before, the day to come and the day we just had. Everyone swaps tales of derring do, chances missed and chances taken. The event feels like a family occasion.

On NOV 18th, 2022, at around 0700hrs Tapio Lehtinen woke to a loud crash from the back of his beloved ASTERIA. He was 450 miles off the coast of South Africa racing in the solo McIntyre Golden Globe Race around the world.

Across five Maine regattas this summer, 127 boats competed under the CRF rating rule. Of those, 20 boats qualified for the Classic Yacht Challenge Series (CYCS) Maine District Awards by participating in the required number of races.

The three organising clubs and the Balearic Sailing Federation create the Foundation for the Protection and Promotion of Nautical Sports Activities in the Bay of Palma.

One race today, with a new wind direction, a steady 8-10knots from the southwest, with a long beat against the tide. With that the fleet was well behaved and we got away clean on the first attempt.