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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.

Forecasts of 30-40 knot gusts, weren’t good. Just the opposite to September when we had to abandon our first try for lack of wind but, by the end of the week it looked promising and, arriving at Rutland on Saturday morning, the wind was only 5-10 knots.

At 10:00 local time on Reunion Island, the two formidable duellists of this 2nd edition of the GLOBE40 are separated by only a few 0.3 miles, even though they are 820 miles from the finish line this morning in St. Paul Bay on the west coast of the island.

The Eastern Seaboard Youth Regatta kicked off at the Royal Varuna YC, marking an exciting start to the regatta season. With 140 boats representing 11 countries, sailors under 19 gathered to compete in one of the region’s most dynamic youth sailing events.

Shoreham Sailing Club, a registered charity and long-standing community organisation, is calling on the Environment Agency (EA) to urgently resolve the flood defence issues at Soldiers’ Point – a site now at serious risk of flooding.

For the first time in class history, the J/70 World Championship is being held in South America. The 2025 edition runs October 28 to November 1 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, hosted by Yacht Club Argentino.

Noel Butler & Mark Greer have won the Fireball End of Season Championship at Howth Yacht Club over the weekend (25 & 26 October). The National Yacht Club pair prevailed over locals Conor Twohig & Matthew Cotter.