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Once again, the sun shone for this year’s Starcross Tera & Topper Open on Saturday 13th September. With 37 boats (24 Teras and 13 Toppers), there was close and competitive racing and it was great to welcome over 20 visitors.

The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA) has announced the winners of the Marina of the Year Awards 2025, supported by Haven Knox-Johnston. The awards — held each year during the Southampton International Boat Show — recognise Gold Anchor accredited marinas across the UK and worldwide for customer service, facilities, environmental initiatives, and the efforts of teams…

Karen Underwood has been managing director of Spirit Yachts since 2015. The company — based in Ipswich, in the UK county of Suffolk — designs and builds wooden modern classic sail and motor yachts. Here, Underwood shares how her time with Oyster shaped her career, explains why a wooden competitor in the Admiral’s Cup is…

Hayling Island welcomed the Fireballs and 505 fleets for an Autumn Open this past weekend. The 505s are resurgent in the UK with a strong and growing local fleet.

Classic yachts, classic photos! Ingrid Abery was out on the water again at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, this time catching the best of the classics on their race course, as they enjoyed the stunning conditions in the south of France.

Speakers for the inaugural Marine Impact Lab — a forum addressing innovation, sustainability and design in the marine sector — have been confirmed by organisers. The Marine Impact Lab is organised by consultancies Marine Futures and Foxall Munro as a one-day forum with a capacity of 100 participants. The event will take place at Metstrade…

Launched today, The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is proud to unveil the Women’s Race Officials Programme, a brand-new initiative designed to give women the skills, confidence, and experience to step up onto the international stage of race officiating.

Sunnier than hoped for, drier than expected and windier than any forecast, it was a good day to go sailing. Blithfield Sailing Club welcomed eighteen Merlins to the one day HD Sails Midland Circuit, Craftinsure Silver Tiller and Classic Series open.

For day two, the 80-100 footers in Maxi 1 and the former Maxi 72s in the Maxi Grand Prix again raced windward-leewards on the Baie de Pampelonne while the smaller/slower boats in Maxi 3-5 were once more sent off on a coastal course.

The 2025 Craftinsure Wayfarer National Circuit had its penultimate round in the form of the Inland Championship hosted by Northampton Sailing Club on Pitsford Reservoir.