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GLOBE40 Leg 4 Start
On this day, January 1st, the competitors of the 2nd edition of the GLOBE40, barely recovered from the New Year’s fireworks, set off at 3:00 PM local time (4:00 AM UTC) from Sydney Harbour for their 4th leg towards Chile and Valparaiso.
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Daniel Turner battles the world’s oceans
South Australian sailor Daniel Turner, skipper of Immortal Game (Hull No. 05), continues his extraordinary solo circumnavigation in the McIntyre Mini Globe Yacht Race, one of the world’s most demanding offshore sailing challenges.
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Ashley Crawford Memorial Pursuit Race at Plym
Sadly, in the summer of 2025 Ashley passed away, so it was touching to see a strong turnout of 22 entries for the 2025 winter edition of the event.
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There’s a new team in town
There’s a new team in town, and they must surely rank among the favourites for this Sunday’s Grafham Grand Prix, event #5 of the Seldén Sailjuice Winter Series.
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A remarkable Class 40 season
The 2025 season will be remembered as one of the most intense and memorable seasons in Class40 history.
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Entries now open for Poole Regatta
Poole Regatta takes place over the late May Bank Holiday from the 23rd to 25th May 2026, with an extra day of racing scheduled on the 22nd May for the European Championship. Be one of the first competitors to enter over the New Year break.
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Ainslie collateral damage as Ratcliffe battles financial headwinds
It seems that the fallout between Sir Ben Ainslie and Sir Jim Ratcliffe over their America’s Cup venture was just the ‘canary-warning’ of what was to come.
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Min River’s historic Sydney Hobart overall victory
Min River has been declared the Overall winner of the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, making her owner, Jiang Lin, the first woman to ever win the race.
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Sydney Hobart – A very ordinary Hobart
Now don’t get me wrong. That’s a not a description of the on-water action from the 80th rendition of the Boxing Day Classic. Far from it, actually. Rather, it is a reflection upon that the elements that an ‘ordinary’ Hobart invariably involves
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Rolex Sydney Hobart: BNC penalised
The protest by the Race Committee versus BNC – my::NET / LEON following the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has been upheld by the International Jury. A time penalty has been imposed which is greater than BNC’s provisional win margin.