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Old sails, new purpose – Rooster grows its recycled bag range
Rooster is expanding its Sandy Point Collection for the 2025 festive – and gift giving – season, building on what the company positions primarily as a circular-materials initiative. The range is produced from retired sailcloth that would otherwise be difficult to recycle, and the company says each item carries a label identifying the original sail.…
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D-Marin clinches seven wins at Abu Dhabi Maritime Awards
D-Marin has celebrated a strong performance at the 2025 Abu Dhabi Maritime Awards, taking home seven distinctions across its marina portfolio in Turkey and the UAE. The awards, held annually during the Abu Dhabi International Boat Show, recognise marinas that set benchmarks for excellence across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. Categories include customer…
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New CEO at Sargo Boats
Finnish boatbuilder Sargo Boats has named Matti Laurila as new CEO. Laurila will assume this role from 2 January 2026. Thomas Sarin, who joined Sargo in 1997 and has served as CEO for the last 15 years, will continue to work for the family owned boatbuilder and will be responsible for product development, customer relations…
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Olympic gold medal-winning duo to reunite
SailGP Season 5 Champions, Emirates GBR, has announced its new signing for the 2026 season, reuniting an Olympic gold medal-winning partnership for the first time in five years.
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Globe40 Leg 3 Update
Today, Tuesday 9th December, Ian Lipinski and Amélie Grassi, aboard CREDIT MUTUEL, will be at the head of stage 3 of the GLOBE40 at the entrance to the Bass Strait at the end of the day (around 07.00 UTC).
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Sailing in Paradise – escape the winter blues!
During the winter months in the northern hemisphere, the Royal Varuna Yacht Club can give visiting sailors some of the best warm water sailing available and the club welcomes guests from around the world.
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Iain Jensen returns home
The BONDS Flying Roos have today revealed an all-new, all-Australian crew line-up ahead of the 2026 SailGP season, headlined by the return of Australian Olympic gold medallist Iain ‘Goobs’ Jensen.
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World Sailing Inclusion Championships overall
The last day of the inaugural World Sailing Inclusion Championships, hosted by the Sultanate of Oman and organised by Oman Sail, brought the event to a close with dramatic racing, jubilation and a sense of triumph amongst all participants.
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Australian Maxi Championship overall
A pair of heavy hitters have ratcheted up the pressure on their rivals ahead of this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with resounding victories in the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on a picturesque Sydney Harbour today.
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Chichester Yacht Club Frozen Toe Series Day 3
Persistent rain and a forecast that climbed from 16 knots to a blustery 40 meant it was no surprise that the fleet was much reduced for the latest instalments of the Frozen Toe series.