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Not everyone’s career starts with a plan. For some, it begins with a leap — a decision to swap the predictable for the possible.

As the OCEAN 50 and ULTIM divisions work south, upwind on the east side of a stormy low pressure, north of them the IMOCA leaders have been working hard to decipher their best way around this system and to position themselves for the next one.

I’m focusing on two very different events today, on different sides of the planet, and with a very different focus, but linked by the adventure of going sailing.

The opening races of the 2025 Optimist Asian & Oceanian Championship got under way yesterday (Monday) at Oman Sail’s Mussanah Sailing School, Barceló Resort.

After a tough start in the English Channel and then a tricky light airs ridge in the Bay of Biscay, the Charal skipper Jérémie Beyou, sailing with Morgan Lagravière, is just ahead of early leaders Sam Goodchild and Loïs Berrehar on MACIF Sante Prévoyance.

In the New York Yacht Club’s iconic Model Room, the Herreshoff Marine Museum/America’s Cup Hall of Fame welcomed James Spithill, Paul Cayard, and Susan Henn as Class of 2025 inductees of the America’s Cup Hall of Fame on October 16th, 2025.

Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of around 280km/h, is closing in on Jamaica. Forecasters have issued warnings of potentially devastating flooding and landslides across the island, which is braced for extensive damage. The hurricane is due to reach land this morning (28 October 2025), marking the first time in recorded history…

Yachting Ventures (YV) and the European Boating Industry (EBI) are once again partnering to deliver an expanded edition of the Startup x Investor Day at boot Düsseldorf 2026. The event will take place on Tuesday, 20 January 2026, at the show’s Blue Innovation Dock. Now in its fourth year, the initiative has evolved into a…

Azimut and Benetti are inaugurating their new Americas headquarters at Pier Sixty-Six Marina in Fort Lauderdale during the 2025 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, which runs from 29 October to 2 November. The location marks an expansion of Azimut-Benetti Group’s presence in a key market that represents about one-third of its global business. The group…

Forget the Women’s Euros, Rugby World Cup, F1, Cricket or Ryder Cup… the headline event of the year is the Sandy Shell. A limited entry of 25 of the best sailors from across the world (mostly Chichester harbour) gathered for the unofficial RS200 Worlds.