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The fastest boats in the world are back on the water as SailGP opens a new season at full speed. The Perth event will kick off 2026 with two days of racing in Fremantle on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 January.

The finalists of the Yachting Journalists’ Association’s Yachtsman of the Year and Young Sailor of the Year 2025 awards have been announced.

North Sydney’s Rag & Famish Hotel has been an 18ft skiff sponsoring partner with the Australian 18 Footers League since 1996 when the late George Calligeros, the hotel’s owner, decided to financially support his son’s sailing career.

Four days into the 2026 RORC Transatlantic Race, the fleet has fully escaped the Canary Islands and locked into the rhythm of the trade winds.

After 30 years circumnavigating the planet the world’s most challenging ocean adventure has announced a multi-million GBP investment in an exciting new yacht design for the next-generation 12-yacht fleet.

Jono Pank has become the first sailor to win back-to-back editions of the GJW Direct Bloody Mary, the sixth event in this season’s Seldén Sailjuice Winter Series. Pank helmed his Firefly to victory crewed by Isobel Bretherton.

The Rolex SailGP Championship begins this weekend, as Fremantle, Western Australia prepares to host its inaugural event from Saturday 17 to Sunday 18 January.

British Marine has confirmed that Lesley Robinson will step down from her role as chief executive this summer, following eight years in the position. An agreed transition plan is in place, with Earle Stanner, currently chief finance and operations officer, to be appointed as the organisation’s next CEO. Robinson will continue to lead British Marine…

European Boating Industry (EBI) will officially launch the Baltic Sea Boating Forum at the Helsinki International Boat Show in February. The forum is being presented as a new platform for dialogue between the boating industry, policymakers and other stakeholders, focusing specifically on issues affecting boating in the Baltic Sea. Its scope covers environmental responsibility alongside…

British superyacht and SOLAS tender manufacturer Rib-X International has confirmed the relaunch of the brand with an expanded product range planned for 2026. Rib-X was acquired by Vortec Marine in 2022 and, during that period, has focused on product development. Southampton-based Rib-X designs and manufactures its boats in the UK and supplies both recreational and…