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The 2025 WASZP Games are officially underway, with 247 sailors racing in four fleets in Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay

After Cartagena, Salvador de Bahia, Puerto Limon, Itajaí, and Fort-de-France, the TRANSAT CAFÉ L’OR Le Havre Normandie is now calling for applications to find a destination partner for the next editions, starting from the fall of 2027.

The Cape 31 fleet wrapped up a spectacular weekend of racing in Imperia with Alessandro Rombelli’s Stig (ITA 76) claiming the overall win after nine races. This marks Stig’s second Italian victory of the 2025 Cape 31 Race Circuit.

The Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta wrapped up with a full podium and high spirits, marking a thrilling conclusion to a week of elite racing in the iconic waters off Southern California.

Sunday dawned with a pea-souper fog and light winds dimming down the initial enthusiasm for going racing. The local weather expert (I looked up XCWeather) predicted it would lift by 1pm which thankfully it did.

With the forecast for thunderstorms and lots of rain, it was nevertheless good to see six hardy visiting helms attend Carsington’s Comet open on 20 July.

“This race is live” — and with that, the 2025 WASZP Games were officially under way. With 247 sailors across four fleets, Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay were transformed into a theatre of foiling.

Two more Phantom events just completed at Castle Cove and Lee-on-Solent in idyllic conditions, as a precursor to the P&B Phantom National Championships in Plymouth.

For over half a century, the Admiral’s Cup was considered the world championship of offshore racing. And then, in 2003, it was gone. Now, after a 22-year absence, the Cup is back.

Sailors around the world will be sad to hear that British offshore sailing legend Paul Antrobus has crossed the bar. One of the “greats” of the IOR era of offshore racing, Paul had a distinguished career both afloat and ashore.