WoW April18 25 RORC Cowes Offshore Racing Series, BVI Wrap, Holcim PRB, Finn Euros, 18 Footers, more

Please Like, Share, Subscribe to this channel for all our Sailing Highlights. This is Sailings weekly highlights show, the World on Water, April 18, 2025. Videos released in the past 7 days, weekly since 2010. We start our highlights reeel in England as the Royal Ocean Racing Club Launches their Cowes Offshore Racing Series. This year’s 45th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta brought together 100 plus boats from 28 countries, featuring thrilling races across classes, from ocean racing machines, to bare boats, cruising catamarans, and performance trimarans. For all four days the schedule was packed with "Serious Fun", including the iconic Around the Island Race, and the high-energy, Diam 24 Beach Stadium Races, in Grand Case. Holcim P R B announce their crew for the upcoming The Ocean Race Europe. It's starr studded. The northerly offshore wind produced a minefield of a race course for the 2025 Finn Europeans in Naples with big holes, big shifts, gusts, lines, and patches all over the Gulf of Naples, that left many sailors pointing all directions while trying to head in one direction. While the wind was slightly more stable in the first race, in the second it ranged from 5 to 12 knots. However, many of the same names featured at the top mark in better condition than others. Meet Robert Scheidt, a sailing hero who left an indelible mark on the sailing community. With an impressive 5 Olympic medals to his name, Scheidt is undoubtedly one of the brightest stars in the sailing league. From his early days on the water to his triumphs on the international stage, we explore the achievements of this sailing legend. Italy’s Federico Colaninno made the best of the third day at the 2025 Open Finn Europeans in Naples, Italy, with a first and a second, in a gradually veering breeze through the day. Championship leader Valerian Lebrun, from France, responded with a third and a first to maintain a narrow lead with just two days to go. Italy’s Arkadii Kistanov is back up to second with Estonia’s Deniss Karpak in third. It's always close in the 18 footers and protests are hotly contested. Here is one of the latest, highly charged and it all worked out in the end. Valerian Lebrun, from France, has won the 2025 Open Finn European Championship in Naples, Italy, after two final races on Saturday, in a drama packed day that nearly cost him his first major Finn title. Italy’s Federico Colaninno pushed him all the way and took second just 5 points behind, while also winning the U29 championship. Third place finally went to Estonia’s Deniss Karpak, in his first regatta back in the class after four years away. Lebrun also retains the European Masters title.