Yacht Boat News | Sailing Yachting Events

Light winds held the trump card on the Final day of racing in Spain Sail Grand Prix, Valencia. The start of racing was delayed by 25 minutes in what should have been two more qualifying races, as race managers waited for the breeze to settle and freshen. It did neither, peaking at 7.5kts, and often less, resulting in each Group only sailing one race of just fo...

Life for the crews onboard the six IMOCA boats competing in The Ocean Race Atlantic has gone from hard to harder over the past day. Generally strong winds are propelling the boats at high speeds. Normally a good thing. But the wind and sea state angles are combining to create the most uncomfortable environment possible for a transatlantic passage and this is s...

A fleet of the most competitive maxi yachts is gathering in Porto Cervo, Sardinia preparing for the annual Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association. From 43 entries, 32 monohulls and six multihulls will race over five days, starting on Monday 7 September with a layday scheduled for T...

Highlights of the 50th anniversary RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race. Thirty-two boats, 182 sailors from five continents and 1,805 nautical miles around Britain and Ireland. For more than two weeks the race played out around one of offshore sailing’s most complicated courses: Land’s End, the wild west of Ireland, St Kilda and Muckle Flugga, followed by the n...

Platoon Aviation win Royal Cup for a fourth time, dream second place for Brazil’s Crioula team While Harm Müller-Spreer’s German flagged Platoon Aviation ran away with the regatta title to lift the Royal Cup for the fourth time, Eduardo and Renato Plass and their tightly knit Crioula team from Brazil’s Valeros do Sul YC in Porto Alegre secured a dream second p...