Race Four of the Admiral’s Cup brought a tactical masterclass in light airs to the Central Solent. The course was set well off the Hill Head shoreline, a pure boat-for-boat test of speed and finesse. Karl Kwok’s TP52 Beau Geste (RHKYC) won in AC1 by the narrowest of margins. Taavet Hinrikus’ MAT...

The final day of inshore racing at the 2025 Admiral’s Cup delivered high drama, high stakes and no shortage of action, especially at race starts. Three intense races pushed crews to the limit and completed the six-race inshore series. With the discard now in play and Channel Race results factored...

Spectators in their thousands swarmed Cowes Green and the shores of the western Solent to witness the starts of the 51st Rolex Fastnet Race. This year’s event marks the centenary of the first Fastnet Race that saw seven boats set sail from Ryde and finish in Plymouth in 1925. Fittingly the start ...

Alexis Loison and Jean-Pierre Kelbert’s JPK 1050 Léon has been crowned overall winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race. No other boat still racing on the 695 nautical mile course can catch the French doublehanded duo for overall honours in this, the 51st edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s offshore...

The 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race delivered everything — power, heartbreak, glory and grit. Over 400 boats took on the legendary 695-mile course from Cowes to Cherbourg via the Rock, in conditions that tested even the most seasoned sailors. From line honours to corrected time, every leg mattered. As th...

The Admiral’s Cup is back - reborn after more than two decades. Following over two years of planning and preparation by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, its revival marked a defining moment in the Club’s centenary celebrations and the 100th anniversary Rolex Fastnet Race. Once the pinnacle of interna...

The Ocean Race Europe 2025 begins and Kiel gave the IMOCA fleet a great send off! It’s only Leg 1 and two boats are having extensive repairs after a major crash just minutes after the start gun… Biotherm is leading towards Portsmouth but the remaining fleet are close behind.

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First blood goes to Biotherm winning Leg 1 convincingly (Kiel to Portsmouth) and Boris Herrmann (Team Malizia) took second place in the dying minutes from Paprec Arkéa. Hopefully MAPEI and Holcim PRB will be back to start Leg Two after repairs.

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Part Two of the Cartagena to Nice Leg. Biotherm and Holcim-PRB are fighting it out to the finish in Nice, France with the rest of the IMOCA 60s scrapping for the lower points - it's not over until you cross the finish line.

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Neck and neck to the finish of leg 4 for the IMOCA fleet's arrival to Genova with four teams leading the charge.

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Part One of the Genova to Boka Bay Leg - the longest section covering 2,000nm of the Med. Light and fluky winds so the seven teams are hugging the coast. The lead is switching all the time but Paprec Arkéa are heading the charge closely followed by Mapei, Biotherm and Malizia.

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Five legs and around Europe - the Ocean Race Europe 2025 has finished in Boka Bay for Biotherm taking the glory with an unassailable lead! Congratulations to the crew and a well deserved rest before the short coastal race in the Bay.

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Simply put by Biotherm's skipper, Paul Meilhat, "You Love It, You Love it, You Love It". They won the Boka Bay coastal race and the overall Ocean Race Europe 2025 trophy. Well done to the Biotherm team.

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Master Lock Comanche has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the Line Honours contenders for the 80th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with a clinical performance in the Cabbage Tree Island Race. © Cruising Yacht Club of Australia

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A pair of heavy hitters have ratcheted up the pressure on their rivals ahead of this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with resounding victories in the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on a picturesque Sydney Harbour. James Mayo and Matt Allen’s Maxi Master Lock Comanche cemented their favouritism fo...

The 100 foot MAXIs led the 128 boat fleet out of Sydney Harbour and continued the nip and tuck positions until Hobart with Master Lock Comanche taking Line Honours in two days and five hours. Fifteen boats scattered rose petals too whilst passing Bondi Beach paying tribute to the victims and stor...