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The 2025 North American Sailing Series has boasted a highly competitive season spanning nearly ten events, beginning with the season opener in St. Petersburg, which also served as the class's Midwinter Championship.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 5

New Icom UK Marine Knowledge Articles Available

Icom UK has recently expanded its online Marine Knowledge Base with three new, informative articles. The features are designed to provide useful insights and practical guidance for mariners and organisations using Icom VHF marine radios.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 5

Cooler series 2025 at Shoreham

Shoreham SC Cooler series is run every weekend in November as an open event before the winter chills kick in. This November proved to be a blustery affair with high winds and mountainous seas greeting the hardy competitors to the south coast.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 5

Pirouelle and Château are Class40 champions

After a remarkable season, the duo Guillaume Pirouelle (31) and Cédric Château (48) from Le Havre have won the 2025 Class40 championship. Regulars in the top five on the Class40 circuit for the past two years aboard their Mach.5 Seafrigo-Sogetsran.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 5

World Sailing Inclusion Championships Day 1

The first races were contested at the inaugural World Sailing Inclusion Championships along the shores of Mussanah, marking the start of a historic global event hosted by the Sultanate of Oman at the Mussanah Sailing School, Barceló Mussanah Resort.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 5

Excellent performance for Maddalena Spanu

Extraordinary performance for Maddalena Spanu during the final event of the WingFoil Racing World Cup, taking place now in Brazil and ending on December 6.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 5

Stay Safe on the Water in Cold Weather

Cold days on the water can be magical – the crisp air, the quiet, and the low winter sun make it a magical experience. But when the temperature drops, the dynamics change.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 5

ILCA Team Racing Europeans day 1

Race Day 1 of the 2025 EurILCA Team Racing European Championship kicked off with a bang! Twelve teams from nine countries, with a total of 48 sailors, took to the waters of Athens in conditions that tested their skills to the max.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 5

The Famous Project CIC Jules Verne Trophy Day 6

We like to repeat it over and over again: to date, no 100% female crew has managed to carve its name on the Jules Verne Trophy.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 5

2026 RORC Racing Programme unleashed

The 2026 RORC Racing Season will deliver one of the most diverse, challenging and internationally connected offshore programmes in the sport, designed for owners and skippers looking to race across a full ten months of competition.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 5

Hydons win the 2025 Lark Travellers Trophy

Stuart Hydon has again won the Lark Travellers' Trophy series, sponsored by Craftinsure, with son Nick and partner Ann Biglin sharing crewing duties.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 5

Sailing Grand Slam publishes 2026 Notice of Race

Sailing Grand Slam (SGS) announced the publication of the 2026 Notice of Race (NOR) for its full series of Olympic-class events, marking the first complete edition of the international circuit after a successful pilot season in 2025.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 5

A Thrilling Weekend at the Manly Cup

If there was one thing not in short supply on Day One of the Manly Cup, it was breeze! A punchy 20 knots lit up the racecourse from the very first gun, setting the stage for an electrifying weekend.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 5

Globe40 Leg 3 Update

Having set off on their third leg on November 22nd from Saint Paul Bay on Reunion Island, the eight competitors in the second edition of the GLOBE40 were initially confronted with the calms of the Mascarene High.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 5

VX One Class achieves World Sailing recognition

The VX One International Class Association is proud to share that World Sailing has officially recognised the VX One as an International Class, following a vote by the World Sailing Council at its recent Annual Conference.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 4

2025 South American Championship day 1

The 2025 Star South American Championship officially launched today in the vibrant waters of Rio de Janeiro, attracting 14 entries, predominantly from Brazil, Argentina, and the USA.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 4

Thorpedo set to launch into Rolex Sydney Hobart

Five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe is set to dive into unfamiliar sporting waters after it was announced today that he would join the crew of LawConnect for the 80th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 4

America's Cup: New US Challenger

Riptide Racing has announced in partnership with Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, an attempt to challenge for the 38th America's Cup in 2027., an attempt to challenge for the 38th America's Cup in 2027.

Sailing News / Scuttlebutt Sailing News / December 4

Riptide Racing aims for America’s Cup

In the history of the America’s Cup, there has always been a USA competitor. This record has been teetering since American Magic (USA) revealed they would

Sailing News / Scuttlebutt Sailing News / December 4

Setting a new standard of inclusivity

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News When World Sailing announced in January 2025 the launch of the first World Sailing Inclusion Championships, I was confused.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / December 4

Vaikobi Launches the Impact Protection Series

Vaikobi has announced the launch of its groundbreaking Impact Protection Series of Headwear, a new collection of lightweight, EN 812-certified impact hats engineered to protect watersports athletes from head knocks, bumps and scratches.

Sailing News / Scuttlebutt Sailing News / December 4

Designed to help Olympic campaigns

The path to the podium during each Olympic quadrennial includes events which prepare athletes for their moment, and identifying prominent training opportunities is the mission of the Sailing Grand Slam (SGS).

Sailing News / Scuttlebutt Sailing News / December 4

XR-41 owners appeal directly to ORC

The three part series, Did XR-41 outwit a measurement rule?, detailed how the ORC handicap system had penalized the XR-41 after they won the 2025 ORC World Championship – a penalty of 10 seconds per nautical mile which went beyond the measurement formula for which the rule is based.

Sailing News / Scuttlebutt Sailing News / December 4

Downwind heavy-air sailing knowledge

A 500-plus audience (in-person and online) hung off every gem of wisdom offered by three “rockstar” offshore sailors at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) Downwind Sailing in Heavy Air Information Evening.

Sailing News / Yachting World / December 4

Have you ever seen rudders like that before? Radical top-secret Gitana 18 Ultim unveiled

The new Ultim from Gitana stable sports radical foils and rudders that showcase a truly innovative approach by the team and designer Guilluame Verdier.