World on Water Sept 05.25 Ocean Race Nice-Genoa Start-Finish, TP52s, Agean, Fireballs, ILCAs, more

Please Subscribe if you like our Global Sailing content, Like and Share. It helps us show our content to more sailors. Thank you. This is your weekly Global Sailing Highlights show, the World on Water, for September 5 2025. Paul Meilhat's, Biotherm, looked to have an early advantage heading towards the Monaco Scoring Gate. The seven-boat fleet of international crews competing in The Ocean Race Europe 2025 has left Nice France on Leg 4 of the five-stage race which will see the teams round the French island of Corsica on their way to the finish in Genoa Italy. Ambrogio Beccaria’s Italian-flagged entry Allagrande Mapei Racing team has pulled off a spectacular home-team victory after winning Leg 4 of The Ocean Race 2025 in style in Genoa Italy. Beccaria and his all-French crew, renowned multiple Vondée Globe competitor Thomas Ruyant, Morgan Lagravière, Ruyant's regular training partner, and co-skipper for his Route du Rhum in 2022, and Transat Jacques Varb 2023 victories, and 2023 49er F X Junior World Champion, Manon Peyre, finished the 600-nautical mile leg from Neace France after completing the course in two days, eight hours, 41 minutes, and 14 seconds. On the 52 SUPER SERIES’ return to the Mediterranean after two regattas in the Atlantic, 2025 circuit leaders American Magic Quantum Racing scored a resounding victory on the Bay of Palma Mallorca, lifting the top prize at Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week. It is the third regatta title in row for Doug DeVos’ US flagged team after wins in Baiona Spain and at last month’s Rolex TP52 World Championship in Cascais Portugal. The Breezy final day crowned three champions on Dublin Bay The weather co-operated once again on Dublin Bay to deliver a nail-biting conclusion to the 2025 Ilca Under-21 World Championships, where three new world titles were decided at the end of a full 12-race programme. After dominating all week, Roos Wind, of the Netherlands won the Ilca 6 Under-21 Women's title, while Ole Schweckendiek of Germany held his overnight lead to claim the Men's Ilca 7 championship. Tenth-placed Omer Vered Vilenchik of Israel won the Ilca 7 Youth Men's title. The Fireball World Championship 2025 concluded on Friday, 29 August, hosted by Circolo Vela Arco, (North Lake Garda, Italy), in what turned out to be a historic edition for both participation and the number of nations represented. These Worlds once again confirmed the vitality of the class, with 136 boats from 14 nations, featuring veterans and established champions racing alongside many young sailors and women, for a week that blended competition, friendship and enjoyment. The yachts participating in the international sailing event, Aegean Regatta, organized by the General Secretariat for the Aegean & Island Policy of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Island Policy, in cooperation with the Offshore Committee of the Hellenic Sailing Federation, arrived in Mytilene on Friday afternoon. With the completion of the 4th race from Plomari to Mytilene, the battle for first place in each category has grown fiercer, and everything will be decided in the final coastal leg of Mytilene. Laurent Hay, from France, is the new leader at the 2025 Finn Gold Cup after two more races were completed in Cascais Portugal, on Wednesday. Italy’s Alessandro Marega is second with Valerian Lebrun from France in third. The race wins went to Hay and Italy’s Arkadii Kistanov. The forecast was similar to Day 1 with a little more breeze on the cards. Though three races were scheduled to catch up the programme, a 14 hundred start and several recalls in Race 3 meant time ran out so only two were completed. The Daishan leg of the WingFoil Racing World Cup Series has kicked off with a bang, with nearly 80 sailors tackling three long-distance races in challenging conditions. The stakes are high, with 500 ranking points, and 60,000 Euro prize money on the line, making this the most important event of the series to date. Kamil Manowiecki from Poland dominated the day, leading every race from start to finish. "I spent two weeks training at the venue to learn the conditions and especially the currents, and it's paid off," said Manowiecki. Sean Herbert from New Zealand had a consistent day with three seconds, and Mathis Ghio, the French king of wingfoil racing, finished third.