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In the traditional pre-start Facebook “LIVE” coverage from the V&A Waterfront by organisers Don & Jane, minutes before dropping lines, entrants portrayed a common and consistent theme. They were nervous!

As the 2025 season comes to a close, the Nacra 17 class is taking a moment to recognise the young and new teams who have made their mark over the past twelve months.

The Westcoaster might be a 435 nautical mile ocean race from Melbourne to Hobart, but like many of the ocean races from the big island to the little island, the River Derwent may have the last laugh in dictating who raises the trophy in this year’s race.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.