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Bonafous scores her first IMOCA class win
The French sailor Elodie Bonafous’ spectacular start to her career in the IMOCA Class continued today as she followed up second place in the Course des Caps earlier this month with her first victory in the Class in the Rolex Fastnet Race.
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Poole Week: it’s time to enter
Poole Week – one of the south coast’s biggest and best regattas for dinghies and small keelboats – is now less than a month away. Entries have been flooding in and already exceed 130 boats across the fleets.
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Ovington K1 Rally in the Lake District
The K1 Lake District Rally, sponsored by Ovington, took place from Sunday, June 8th, to Saturday, June 14th, 2025. The event kicked off on Sunday evening, following the Waterhead Race Prize-Giving, with a focus on fostering camaraderie among participant
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Rolex Fastnet Race Day 4
Remon Vos’ RP100 Black Jack 100, skippered by Tristan Le Brun, has taken Monohull Line Honours in the centenary edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race.
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Savills Channel Islands Hobie Cat Champs Preview
St Aubins bay promises to be a splash of colour and full on racing action this weekend when Hobie Cat teams put to the water in the Channel Islands Hobie Cat Championships sponsored by Savills, Jersey for the 7th year running.
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Marine industry reacts as EU and US reach tariff deal
Following the announcement of a new tariff deal between the US and the EU, four global leisure marine industry associations – British Marine, the International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA), European Boating Industry (EBI) and the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) – have issued a joint statement calling for more predictable trading conditions across…
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Two children killed in Miami sailing programme collision
Two children were killed and two others critically injured on Monday (28 July 2025) after a barge struck a sailboat in Biscayne Bay off Miami Beach, officials said. The sailboat, which was participating in a youth sailing programme run by the Miami Yacht Club, was carrying one adult and five children when it was hit,…
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Beneteau reports 16% sales decline for H1 2025
Groupe Beneteau has reported first-half 2025 revenues of €403.8m, a decline of 27.5 per cent compared with €556.6m in the first half of 2024. The second quarter saw a sales contraction of 16 per cent at constant exchange rates, following a 43 per cent decline in the first quarter. Inventory levels within the distribution networks…
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Association of Sail Training Organisations names new president
The Association of Sail Training Organisations (ASTO) has announced the appointment of Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Kyd KBE, Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey, as its new president. ASTO is the membership body for UK-based sail training charities. In 2024, more than 11,000 young people and individuals with disabilities or additional needs sailed with its 31 member organisations.…
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Sustainability roundtable returns to Genoa Boat show
The third edition of the European Sustainable Boating Roundtable is set to take place on Friday, 19 September 2025 at 3pm, during the 65th edition of the Genoa International Boat Show. The panel will be hosted in the Forum Hall. As confirmed by Piero Formenti, the president of Confindustria Nautica, on the same day of…