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Seven-time world champion Francesco ‘Checco’ Bruni made an immediate impact at the RS21 World Championship 2026, guiding ITA 239 Torpyone to the first race win on the opening day of competition at Yacht Club de Cannes.

Team Francesca Clapcich Powered by 11th Hour Racing will start the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, the final race of skipper Francesca Clapcich’s 2026 season.

The Wheel of Tune is a self-locking (cleating) raking system, designed by John Turner and developed for the market by Allen to make raking the rig “Shrouds & Forestay” simple.

The Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe was on the programme for the new Maxi Edmond de Rothschild before the first layers of carbon fibre had even been laid for its construction.

After the European autumn events have concluded, Thomas Hansson-Mild has maintained his lead in the November 2026 release of the OK Dinghy World Ranking list.

Brunswick Corporation has raised its full-year earnings guidance after third-quarter sales rose 6.9 per cent to $1.45bn. Sales increased across all four reporting segments, marking the fifth consecutive quarter of year-on-year growth in each business. Adjusted operating earnings rose 37.9 per cent to $146.7m, while the adjusted operating margin increased from 7.8 per cent to…

Fountaine Pajot Group has reported consolidated revenue of €291.3m for the financial year ended 31 August 2026, down 9.9 per cent from €323.2m the previous year. The decline slowed in the second half, when revenue fell by 7.1 per cent. The French boatbuilding group says this points to early signs of stabilising demand as the…

LCI Industries has received an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from Monomoy Capital Partners to buy the company for $101 per share in cash. LCI Industries, through its Lippert subsidiary, supplies engineered components to the outdoor recreation and transportation markets for original equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket. The proposal comes after LCI entered into a definitive agreement…

Nominations are now open for the seventh annual Gustave Trouvé Awards for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating, known as The Gussies. Entries close at midnight EST on 22 November 2026. Winners will be announced on 13 January 2027. Electric boating news website Plugboats founded the awards in 2020 to recognise achievement and innovation in…

Outdoor Network has acquired NauticStar Boats through its manufacturing division, Boater’s World Manufacturing Group (BWMG), and is setting up a production facility in Chocowinity, North Carolina. The deal takes Outdoor Network into boat manufacturing. BWMG will manufacture NauticStar’s boats and oversee development of the range. The 212,000-square-foot waterfront facility on the Pamlico River will produce…