There wasn’t a boat Matt Mitchell couldn’t race or a challenge he wasn’t up for. And, say those closest to the America’s Cup star and grassroots sailing champion, no one was spared his good-hearted quips.

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On the fourth and final day of the GL52 Pensacola Cup regatta (3/23/25) two races were run in 10-13 knots of breeze.

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Now we published the first one back in June last year. It did really well, thank you. Very much appreciated. Clearly, there are lots of young sailors out there looking to add a load of fun to their sailing, and are keen to get into the foiling world.

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The Rockwool Denmark Racing SailGP Team will not compete in San Francisco after damage sustained in Los Angeles was deemed too extensive to repair in time for the weekend.

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A successful rescue is always rooted in preparation which George Day has us thinking about in this report for the Cruising Compass:

We’re soon going to be in the spring and early summer migration and offshore event season so our thoughts turn to the gear we’ll need to be safe out there. We’ll need the foul weather gear for the region we’re sailing. Got that. Sea boots. Check. Sailing gloves and a watch cap if the nights will be cold. Check. Headlamp with a red lens. Check. New-last-year PLB with AIS. Check.

And then there’s the most important item, an inflatable PFD/harness with a good tether. Last week we reviewed the new Mustang Atlas PFD which impressed me and made me look at my very old and bulky Mustang unit with a clear eye. It’s going to be replaced.

But just as important is the tether and the hooks at either end. These little bits of gear are the keys to the whole personal safety kit. If you don’t stay on the boat because the hook at the end of your tether failed, everything else is now Plan B. – Full report

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Today’s wind was light and shifty as it was yesterday, but the results of the two short-course races was vastly different, which has added to the drama of the final three races of the Winnings 2025 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship.

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Online auction opening Friday 7th March closing Thursday 13th March 2025 at 2pm AEST.

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Seldén Mast is pleased to unveil the Halyard Tensioner 32, a game-changing solution designed to eliminate the cumbersome coils of halyard lines typically found under the sprayhood or at the mast when a furling sail is hoisted…

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A damaged mast can’t stop him – Aussie Solo Sailor Dan Turner Overcomes Significant Boat Damage Against The Odds and Maintains 4th Place in Mini Globe Race.

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The 2025-26 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is returning to Portsmouth to kick off the next lap of the globe. When the fleet departs in August, the event will be celebrating two milestones, the 25th anniversary of the first departure from the city of Portsmouth and 30 years of training people to cross oceans and sail around the world. The race start will see a four-day festival starting on August 28, 2025, taking over the venue and its surrounding waters, and culminating in a grand departure for this editions competing teams on August 31. – Full story

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There’s an old saw that goes something like this: Thou shall not sail offshore on a yacht with less waterline, as measured in feet, than thou has in years…

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Mikkel Thommessen, editor of leading Danish sailing magazine Seilmagasinet talks with SailGP CEO Russell Coutts reflecting on Mattias Coutts’ success; the immediate future of the League; and the importance of good data for all sailors.

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The United States SailGP Team has no shortage of swagger, but their racing performance has not kept pace. Their recent calamity of incorrectly pressing the wing invert button caused sufficient damage to keep them from racing. Only Germany has caused more havoc, with league penalty points putting both teams at the bottom of the Season 5 leaderboard.

The sailing league is now moving to the USA for an event in Los Angeles on March 15-16, and Bill Canfield hopes the nation can get behind the home team. Yes, he is related to the team helm, but he has other reasons too:

Without stating the obvious, I’m a huge fan of SailGP – especially the American team. Taylor Canfield and Mike Buckley quickly saw the power of SailGP and on their own put together a group of US citizens to not only buy the American franchise, but also have built up US sponsorship to support their effort.

From day one, they have pledged to succeed with only American sailors and refused to waiver on this goal. Yes, there have been failures, but they do have two podium finishes from the 11 events they’ve had the team.

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As the Port of Barcelona reveals losses from hosting the 37th America’s Cup, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown wants to play a role in bringing the America’s Cup back to the New Zealand city if he’s elected for a second term, but says there’s no chance of that happening without a bed night visitor levy.

Brown confirmed he will stand for a second term later this year and already had talks with those involved in deciding where the next America’s Cup will be, probably in 2027. Brown wants it to be in Auckland and bringing it back would add to his legacy as the city’s mayor.

However, he doesn’t want to Aucklanders to pay extra money in their rates to make this happen, which is why he’s pushing so hard for a bed night levy, which would add 2.5% to 3% onto the bills of people staying in Auckland’s hotels. The Kiwi defender had stated that the venue for the 38th America’s Cup would be confirmed in June 2025. – Full report

Details: https://www.americascup.com/

Defender New Zealand will work with the Challenger of Record from Great Britain to organize the 38th America’s Cup. Anticipated to be held in 2027, the two teams have agreed on some details with the venue to be confirmed by June 2025 after Barcelona declined hosting another edition.

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A swing keel that performs better than the fixed keel? C’mon. Well, when you go to the super-accomplished Marc Lombard Yacht Design Group, like, what do you expect? The tale about the coming to be of the Wauquiez 55 is bold and forthright…

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At 58 years old, Plymouth-based Advanced Clinical Practitioner Loveday Fethney is proving that adventure knows no age limit.

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In their Extraordinary Boats series, Yachting World profiles the Globe 5.80, a 19-footer designed specifically for the Mini Globe Race.

“Go small, go cheap, go now,” famously said Lin and Larry Pardy, who sailed for decades aboard small engineless yachts they built themselves. For Don McIntyre, the restless mind behind the Globe 5.80, his newest race is an idea with simplicity and accessibility at its core.

And while his previous events – the Golden Globe Race and Ocean Globe Race – were ‘revival’ events that specified vintage designs to race in modern recreations of races from the 1960s and 1970s, the Mini Globe Race is an all-new concept that called for an all-new design. – Full report

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It is not a stretch to say the healthiest area of the sport is class racing. This isn’t necessarily because people dislike rating rules, but rather class organizations manage the limits to maintain interest. In this report by Matthew Sheahan for Yachting World, he details how the IMOCA class has taken a conservative approach to maximize participation:

That tens of thousands of Vendée Globe fans were prepared to get up in the early hours of the morning and camp out on a sea wall in the middle of winter to see a group of boats pass by is truly remarkable. I can’t think of another event in sailing that has this kind of pulling power on this scale.

There is no doubt the Vendée Globe is an extraordinary phenomenon. Forty years old, now in its 10th edition and with a record entry of 40 boats there’s nothing else like it in sport. The fact 39 boats made it down to the South Atlantic having crossed the Bay of Biscay was also a record. – Full report

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Last weekend saw the series opener in Torrevieja, near Alicante, where nearly 430 sailors from 30 countries gathered to battle for podium spots…

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After Romain Attanasio and Yannick Bestaven arrived in Les Sables d’Olonne on Sunday, it’s possible we’re going to see no less than eight Vendée Globe finishers today…

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