The Endeavour Trophy is one of the most coveted in UK sailing, gathering National Champions for each dinghy class to battle it out at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club at Burnham-on-Crouch over an October weekend. This was the first time the Melges 15 dinghy was used for the event, and the sailors revelled in the high winds on Sunday, after Saturday's sailing had to be cancelled as the UK was blasted by Storm Amy. We bring you video from the racing and interviews with the sailors and organisers, as well as a chat with Keith Musto, the first ever winner of the Endeavour Trophy in 1961, who went on to win an Olympic silver medal at the Tokyo 1964 Games, and founded the famous clothing brand which bears his name. The full report and results, together with the link for the Vakaros Racesense tracking, can be found at https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/290647/505-champs-win-Endeavour-Trophy-2025 #sailing #dinghysailing

The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA) has announced the winners of its prestigious Marina of the Year Awards 2025, anchored by Haven Knox-Johnston, during a packed awards ceremony at the Southampton International Boat Show on Wednesday 24 September. The awards, now a highlight of the annual boat show calendar, celebrate the very best Gold Anchor accredited marinas from across the UK and worldwide, recognising outstanding customer service, facilities, environmental leadership, and the teams and individuals that go above and beyond for berth holders. More information and full list of winners at https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/290364/2025-TYHA-Marina-of-the-Year-Awards

I recently spoke to Oli Hawkins, one of the the Junior Offshore Group's Generation JOG sailors, together with Keith Lovett of Stoneways Marine Insurance on why they support JOG racing, as well as other types of participation yacht racing. Keith and Oli also discuss what happens when things go wrong, and how Stoneways Marine helped when Oli himself had a mishap with his yacht. Read the full report of the JOG Stoneways Marine Cowes-Poole Race Weekend at https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/290063/JOG-Stoneways-Marine-Cowes-Poole-Race-Weekend #sailing #yachting #insurance

Paul Meilhat’s Biotherm has won the fifth and final offshore stage of The Ocean Race Europe 2025, crossing the line in Boka Bay on Sunday night to seal overall victory in the five-week, 4,500-mile race around Europe. Completing the 1,600-mile passage from Genoa in just over seven days. It marks their fourth leg victory of the race, adding to their points at the scoring gates, and confirming their place as 2025 champions. The final stage saw a bit of everything, with light winds at the start, before being hammered by squalls, torrential rain and thunderstorms across the central Mediterranean, with boat speeds varying between nothing and 30-plus knots. Team Holcim-PRB staged a remarkable comeback after falling more than 100 miles behind the leading four boats when they were caught the wrong side of a thunderstorm, but a transition zone to the south of Sicily put them back in the mix and they took every opportunity after that to finish the leg in second. Two hours later Boris Herrmann’s Team Malizia crossed the line in third place, with Allagrande Mapei Racing fourth, just ahead of Team Paprec Arkéa. The results leave Paprec Arkéa and Holcim - PRB locked in a fight for second overall, separated by just half a point with only Saturday’s coastal race in Montenegro left to decide the final podium. Things are nearly as tight in the battle for fourth, with Allagrande Mapei just a single point ahead of Team Malizia. Thumbnail Photo (c) Lloyd Images / The Ocean Race Europe 2025 #IMOCA #theoceanrace #sailing

After a day off on Saturday, due to huge swell in Torbay the easterly breeze kicked up, the Moth fleet were back in action on Sunday to conclude the battle for the UK Championship. It started in a very autumnal way, with rain, the odd clap of thunder, and a wait for the breeze to stabilise as a front approached from the west. Going into the day Henry Wetherell was in a commanding position at the top of the leaderboard on ten points, with Dylan Fletcher on 15 and Kyle Stoneham on 19. Top female sailor Hattie Rogers was in 4th. See how it all played out on the final day! The full report and results can be found at https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/289724/Wetsuit-Outlet-Moth-UK-Championship-overall @wetsuit @allensailing2284 #sailing #foiling MB01HE9PPD2LJYN

Foils have been shrinking for years as sailors continually try to reduce drag and increase speeds, but designers were reaching the limit of what they could do with carbon, so the latest foils have turned to steel for some parts. Alex Adams talks us through the changes and why the properties of steel can be advantageous. #sailing #foiling #carbon #steel

I’ve never understood the whole idea of unboxing videos, but apparently they’re a thing and are very popular, so when we took the lid off Kyle Stoneham's Bieker International Moth to see how the hidden rigging systems work, unboxing seemed to be an apt title! So why are all the ropes hidden on all the latest International Moths? It’s all about aerodynamic efficiency as the boats get faster and faster. As we find out with Kyle, there are also some very clever systems under the carbon covers. Non-foiling sailors will understand the terms like vang, cunningham and outhall, but gearing, prodder and the bias adjuster will be new terms, all tied in with the foil control systems, and we attempt to explain what they do. We also take a look at the extraordinary loads the Allen blocks have to handle on the vang, which are measured with a tiny Cyclops load sensor. @allensailing2284 @cyclopsmarine8576 #foiling #unboxing #sailing

The Moth fleet have had their fair share of bad luck over the past couple of years, with a lack of wind at some major events, but so far the UK Nationals at Torbay have been close to perfect. The second day saw lighter winds than on Thursday, for which I think everyone was thankful, but still provided an ideal race track for the Moths to get up and fly. Full report at https://www.sail-world.com/news/289683/Wetsuit-Outlet-Moth-UK-Championship-Day-2 @wetsuit @allensailing2284 #foiling #sailing #sendit MB01NFDVKA6C7V9

An extraordinary first day at the Wetsuit Outlet International Moth UK Championship 2025 saw four races held and some very tired sailors wondering how they were going to get through three more days of the same. Conditions were at the top end at times in Torbay, pushing the foiling Moths and their helms to the limit, with race three being especially demanding and described by more than one sailor as 'biblical' downwind. Full report at https://www.sail-world.com/news/289661/Wetsuit-Outlet-Moth-UK-Championship-Day-1 Results so far to follow, as are three more days of epic foiling! @wetsuit @allensailing2284 #foiling #sailing #sendit MB01LKJ3MRSXAPE

Ambrogio Beccaria’s (ITA) Allagrande Mapei Racing (ITA) delivered a spectacular home-team triumph in the early hours of Wednesday morning, taking first place on Leg 4 of The Ocean Race Europe 2025 into Genoa. Beccaria and his crew of Thomas Ruyant (FRA), Morgan Lagravière (FRA) and Manon Peyre (FRA) crossed the line in the early hours of Wednesday morning after two days of relentless racing from Nice. The win marks a career highlight for Beccaria, who called it “a dream come true” to claim victory on Italian waters. Behind them, Team Paprec Arkéa (FRA), skippered by Yoann Richomme (FRA), secured second after an intense duel in the final approach to the Gulf of Genoa. Race leaders Biotherm (FRA), with skipper Paul Meilhat (FRA), completed the podium in third place. The 600-nautical-mile course delivered everything the Mediterranean can throw at sailors with slow and tactical light-wind nights, fierce downwind sprints at over 20 knots, and the notorious Strait of Bonifacio’s swirling currents. #imoca #theoceanrace

The Ocean Race Europe’s relentless schedule continues, and while it was a party atmosphere in Nice, for the sailors and shore crews there was hardly any down time between the finish of Leg 3 and the start of Leg 4 on Sunday. The yachts were beautifully lined up along the harbour front for the passers-by and hats off to the logistics team for getting the event village set up so quickly at each of the stopovers. They’ll all now be hot footing it to Genova, Italy for the Leg 4 finish on Wednesday. The previous leg was described as brutal, exhausting, and the most intensive yet, but it’s unlikely this one is being any easier as the sweltering heat continues. A loop around Corsica, through the gap between the island and Sardinia, back up north along the Tuscan coast, and then around a couple of marks to finish on Wednesday 3rd September. Thumbnail photo (c) Jean-Louis Carli / The Ocean Race Europe 2025 #IMOCA #theoceanrace

The race from Cartagena, Spain to Nice, France, may have taken just 2 days, 16 hours, 12 minutes, and 14 seconds for Biotherm, but the exhausted group of sailors described it as the most intense leg yet. We take a look at the options the sailors took, stunning drone footage of Biotherm off the Ibiza coast, some of the conditions they encountered, interviews with Paul Meilhat and Franck Cammas after the finish, and how the leaderboard is looking after Leg 3. Thumbnail photo (c) Vincent Curutchet / The Ocean Race Europe 2025 #IMOCA #theoceanrace #mediterranean

The Ocean Race Europe Tracker has just had an update thanks to PredictWind, and now looks at routing for the boats, but it doesn't yet have VMG or VMC. Here's a little video as to what these acronyms are, and why I think it's important that they're shown on the tracker. As promised in the video, here is the link to The Ocean Race Europe Tracker: https://www.theoceanrace.com/en/racing/tracker And here is the link to the excellent Wikipedia page about VMG and VMC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocity_made_good Holcim-PRB Photo by Anne Beaugé / The Ocean Race

The third leg of The Ocean Race Europe 2025 got under way this afternoon in Cartagena, Spain under sunny skies and scattered clouds, as the fleet of seven state-of-the-art IMOCA yachts, each crewed by four-person mixed gender crews, powered away from the 3,000-year-old city at the start of the 680-nautical mile passage through the Mediterranean to Nice, France.

An International Jury has decided Team Holcim-PRB is entitled to redress for Leg 1. Holcim-PRB's finishing position in Leg 1 will be equal to its average finishing position at the finish of legs 2 to 5 of The Ocean Race Europe. The team had been forced to retire from Leg 1 of The Ocean Race Europe after a collision with Allagrande Mapei Racing. Both boats retired after the contact which came in the moments after the start of the race in Kiel, Germany two weeks ago. The Jury said no further penalties would be imposed on either team (beyond retiring from the opening stage) but that Holcim-PRB should be given redress (i.e. scoring points for leg 1) for being knocked out of the leg. Are the Sprint Gate's good for The Ocean Race Europe, or are IMOCA yachts unsuitable for this kind of tight racing? Give us your views in the comments and have a read of https://www.sail-world.com/news/289158/Blurring-the-line-between-sport-and-entertainment for further thoughts from me.

Before Leg 2 even began, the race was on for Holcim-PRB and Allagrande Mapei to make it to Portsmouth in time for the start after competing repairs from their Leg 1 Start crash. Thanks to the Kiel Canal they both made it in time, bringing the fleet back to full strength. Portsmouth gave a great reception to the fleet, and the crowds were out in force to send them off on Leg 2 to Cartagena with the Porto Fly-By. Thankfully there was no repeat of the drama we saw in Kiel, with the sailors choosing conservative starts in 10 to 14 knots of wind off the Royal Yacht Squadron line in Cowes. It was once again Paul Meilhat's Biotherm taking the two points, followed by Paprec Arkéa gained a single point at The Needles scoring gate. Once past the Needles and into Christchurch Bay the IMOCA yachts were doing what they do best – flying. At the Matosinhos Fly-By it was once again Biotherm taking the spoils, extending their perfect record in the race, but they were pushed all the way by Paprec Arkéa, who had to fight through the pack after losing ground at a tidal gate off Brittany. The leg also saw some spectacular sighting of whales and dolphins playing with the fleet. Yoann Richomme's Paprec Arkéa blasted down the Portuguese coast to take the lead, with Biotherm and Holcim-PRB on their heels. The fleet then made the turn at Gibraltar, exiting the Atlantic Ocean, and into the Med. At the finish in Cartagena it was once again the Biotherm team who took the win, retaking the lead in the Mediterranean on the closing stretch, with the returning Holcim-PRB second and Paprec Arkéa third. Thumbnail photo (c) Holcim-PRB / The Ocean Race Europe 2025 #imoca #vendeeglobe #theoceanrace #offshoresailing

Graham Vials and Chris Turner started the day on the cusp of winning an unprecedented sixth Flying Fifteen World Championship, headline sponsored by PRO-SET Epoxy and Ovington Boats, requiring a result in the top five of either of the final races, while Andrew McKee and Richard Jones, the only team who could cause an upset, required nothing less than two race wins. Vials and Turner stuck to McKee and Jones like glue in the pre-start, and then proceeded to loosely cover them on the first upwind leg, only deciding to break away and make a dash for the windward mark when a clear lane presented itself towards the end of the leg. Their tactical acumen and timing, which they’ve demonstrated throughout the event, was once again flawless, rounding the top mark first, and then only looking back to savour the moment, going on to take their sixth race win. An astounding record in such a high quality fleet, where consistency has been nigh on impossible to find for all the other teams. Read the full report at https://www.sail-world.com/news/289257/Flying-Fifteen-Worlds-at-Weymouth-UK-overall MB01EGUBACMIA8S

It was an earlier start for the fleet on P&B Race Day at the Flying Fifteen Worlds, headline sponsored by PRO-SET Epoxy and Ovington Boats, with the aim of completing three races to bring the event back on schedule. A decent North Easterly, gusting 20 knots, was established - but the same was present on Tuesday which petered out after one race - would it hold today? Read the full report at https://www.sail-world.com/news/289228/Flying-Fifteen-Worlds-at-Weymouth-UK-Day-4 MB01XYN4JNWQNAE

A promising breeze in the morning on Allen Sailing day at the Flying Fifteen Worlds, headline sponsored by PRO-SET Epoxy and Ovington Boats, flattered to deceive when the wind petered out as the only race of the day was completed. The sailors came into the day recharged and raring to go after Monday's lay day, happy to get out on the water for the hour earlier start time, with aching muscles soothed, if not fully recovered. The forecast was for the wind to decrease throughout the day, and turn more from the east to the north east later in the day, but the wind itself had other ideas, reducing in intensity early and ending up switching the other way to confuse and confound many. Read the full article on the day's racing at https://www.sail-world.com/news/289195/Flying-Fifteen-Worlds-at-Weymouth-UK-Day-3 MB01ZDBAMABZZ2K

The sailing was close to perfection on Hyde Sails Race Day at the Flying Fifteen Worlds, headline sponsored by PRO-SET Epoxy and Ovington Boats. Sunshine, winds starting at 23 knots, slowly decreasing through the afternoon, two metre waves and exemplary courses allowed two superb races on this second day of the event. The first race of the day started with an incredibly even line, with the fleet going away cleanly first time, which pleased Race Officer Mark ‘Woodsy’ Wood no end after the general recalls on Saturday, “We tweaked the line slightly and ended up with the leader overnight at the pin end, while the boat which was second overnight at the committee boat end, and the boat in third starting in the middle.” The racing was exceptionally tight, with the battle for the race win going down to the wire, only being decided in the final seconds on the reach to the finish line from the leeward gate. Read the full article on the day's racing at https://www.sail-world.com/news/289136/Flying-Fifteen-Worlds-at-Weymouth-UK-Day-2 MB01YZQCRSQCW05