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If someone or some committee wants to tell the world that Argo is not qualified, I would suggest their blanket rule is bullshit. – ed.
The 2026 Route du Rhum is changing the game for so-called vintage multihulls. A technical annex introduces access criteria that are causing friction, especially among MOD70 sailors. And behind the stated rationale—heritage, eco-design, safety—several grey areas are emerging.
Great article here.
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No let up in the tension on day 4 with Paul Cayard and Frithjof Kleen finally giving up a race win to Robert Scheidt and Austin Sperry (BRA).
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While Antigua is renowned for its brisk trade winds and lively Atlantic swell, those taking part in today’s first IMA Maxi class races in the RORC Nelson’s Cup instead found themselves soaked and bewildered as a squall passed through reducing visibility to zero, the wind suddenly blowing 25+ knots accompanied by an intense tropical deluge. Photo by photoaction. More here.
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Sodebo 3 of Skipper Thomas Coville and his crew are on pace to break the circumnavigation record set by Francis Joyon on IDEC Sport in 2017 of 40 days 23 h 30 m 30 sec.
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Baltic 111 Raven, skippered by Damien Durchon, has taken Monohull Line Honours in the 2026 RORC Transatlantic Race
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The Ultim Trimaran Sodebo 3, of Skipper Thomas Coville and his team, have slowed, but maintain record pace on their Jules Verne Trophy world circuit…
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The Race Committee of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has received a protest from Min River against the current clubhouse leader, BNC – my::NET / LEON, citing a breach to Australian Sailing Racing Rule of Sailing 55.3(a).
Racing Rule 55.3 is as follows:
55.3 Sheeting Sails
No sail shall be sheeted over or through any device that exerts outward pressure on a sheet or clew of a sail at a point from which, with the boat upright, a vertical line would fall outside the hull or deck, except:
(a) a headsail clew may be connected (as defined in The Equipment Rules of Sailing) to a whisker pole, provided that a spinnaker is not set. A copy of the protest can be found here.
The International Jury will hear the protest at 0900 hours AEDT on Wednesday 31 December 2025 at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania in Hobart.
You’d have to think that Min River has photographic evidence. If their protest is upheld, and if the penalty imposed by the International Jury is an hour or more, then Min River becomes the winner.
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Dunno, it looks odd and forced…
The Swell 32, a 10-meter sailboat designed for group sailing and training, will enter production in early 2026 in Auray.
Conceived as an accessible and robust educational tool, this boat embodies the cooperative vision of Flow Atelier Maritime. More here.
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We know the team at Cape Horn Engineering, but they’re just too smart for us.
We are delighted to assist Drift Energy with its exciting and innovative renewable energy project. High-performance solid wing sailing vessels cruise around the world’s trade winds, harvesting green energy from underwater turbines. (Sustainability award winner 2025).
The design and development of DRIFT’s first energy harvesting ship uses the latest Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technology from Cape Horn Engineering to ensure the vessel extracts the maximum possible energy from the power of the wind. Using these highly accurate models, we can predict vessel performance and make informed design decisions to enable optimal clean energy.
The Wind Power Generation Ship Programme integrates rigid sail wings for wind propulsion with underwater turbines, mounted to the hull of a 60m catamaran to harvest power. The vessel will be routed with AI to stay in the best wind conditions and use the electricity it produces to run an onboard electrolyser that generates and stores green hydrogen at sea.
To date, we’ve run over 500 CFD simulations, starting with the ship’s hydrodynamics and analysing the bare hull across key operating conditions to assess hull resistance. We also assessed the underwater turbine cases to compare geometries and turbine characteristics. For the ship’s aerodynamics, we analysed and assessed two rig options, testing single and multi-wing configurations in various operating conditions and control angles.
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Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – Long range forecast for light and variable winds. Race start is 1 pm on Boxing Day . . .
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The Ultim Trimaran Sodebo 3, of Skipper Thomas Coville and his team, are setting a record pace on the Jules Verne Trophy world circuit.
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The Yandoo team of Tom Needham, Fang Warren and Lewis Brake won the 2025-26 NSW 18ft skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour
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SailGP . . . The sailing event that keeps on giving. SailGP has rolled out a stellar set of performance numbers for the 2025 season
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Prospective US AC38 challenger Riptide Racing announces Pindar by Manuport Logistics partnership for 38th America’s Cup challenge.
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The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. A fleet of over 130 yachts has registered
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Jules Verne Trophy – Day 16 The crew of The Famous Project CIC on IDEC Sport is heading east, surfing waves of 3.5 meters
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I will never understand why so many boats go racing – which is obviously the most important thing in the world(!) – with bottoms that look like this. Not dissing this particular boat – In truth, most people also have no idea how the bottom actually looks, but if this pic doesn’t inspire the owner to find a better diver, then I just don’t know what to say. This is also a good reason why you paint the bottom white or light gray. – ed.
Photo courtesy of Mark Albertazzi.
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Brazilian sailing icon Robert Scheidt and his German crewmate Frithjof Kleen are 2025 Star South American Champions.
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How tall, you ask? Try a Rondal 305′ tall carbon rig! Click here to see the full profile, and click here for a complete look at it all.
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Completion of the first day of A-Class Worlds racing has Ravi Parent USA leading the Open foiler class, and Jacek Noetzel POL the Classic class.
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Dylan Fletcher and the Emirates GBR Team snatched victory in Cadiz from the Kiwi team at the final mark…
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42 years ago today, Dennis Connor and his team aboard Liberty lost the longest winning streak in sporting history when Australia II beats them in the 1983 America’s Cup. The 132 years of American dominance were thwarted by a feat of revolutionary engineering in the form of a winged keel…
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Deniss Karpak became the first ever Estonian winner of the Finn Gold Cup, after no more races were possible on the final day, Saturday.
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56th edition of La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec sets sail in a lively 15-knot southeasterly from the Bay of Seine
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Next Monday, we are having Bill Tripp, the designer of the new Catalina 48, as our guest on our podcast. We think it is quite cool that Catalina is endeavoring to enter this crowded, competitive field. Tripp’s designs are growing on us, and this one looks to be quite nice.
Can’t wait to hear all the deets! Our podcasts are located here.
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On this day in 1851, the schooner America won the 100 Guinea Cup, which would then be renamed the “America’s Cup” in her honor. American boats went on to win The Cup until 1983, the longest winning streak in modern sports history…
For a full history of the Auld Mug, click here.
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The multihull SVR Lazrtigue of skipper Tom Laperche first round the Fastnet Rock, at 15:23ish Sunday
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Report #2 from the mighty Restless Transpac 2025 Team.
Let’s start where we left off late on the 5th. We did have the shrimp and rice for dinner. It was a nice light fare that would have paired well with a Sauvignon blanc (which we didn’t have). The nights have been quite dark with low cloud cover every night but we finally had some stars in sight for a welcome change. See where they are.
That is until Greg and I were midway through an early AM watch, and it started drizzling. Mind you, we have been itching to get out of foulies during the evenings for a couple days at this stage so we’re only in long pants and light puffers over tee shirts. No rogue waves this time, but the light drizzle turned into a bit more as we sat in silence.
Eventually I said, “this is real rain and it kind of sucks.” Greg responded with a simple “yeah” before I suggested maybe we should put some proper gear on. Again, I was greeted with a dumbfounded, “yeah” and I quickly lept below and tossed on bibs and a jacket before relieving Greg on the tiller for him to do the same. Once he came back on deck, we both burst out laughing at our lack of urgency, like we were maritime versions of Beavis and Butthead.
Morning of July 6th and the clouds lifted early for another beautiful day of sailing. We are VMG running with the S-2 and trying to get south to avoid an incoming swath of light winds hot on our heels. Hopefully the big guys behind us hit this speed bump on the course as the tracker has them eating up our lead in a hurry.
The breeze has been quite soft at times but we did try some of our staysail inventory out with little success. A few major boat prep projects like water maker, alternator, and rudder in the 60 days leading up to the start made prioritizing some of our sail inventory testing impossible, which has left us with some staysails that are too big for moderate conditions and can’t be used effectively. Like Maverick said, time is your greatest adversary!
Not sure I am ready to deplete the onboard sail repair kit for a mid-ocean recut, but who knows… food wise, we had a brunch of bagels with cream cheese, fresh tomatoes, cucumber, and onion. Homemade beef jerky is also a fan favorite. Dinner was pasta with sausage and veggies. Having a proper galley on a race boat is a rare luxury that we are taking full advantage of.
Overnight, the high pressure finally swallowed us as anticipated. We actually made it about 4-5 hours further than we thought before it caught us. The team worked hard to change the mode of the boat, adjusting the sail stack, trim setups, and sail selection. We learned a ton and improved at managing these tricky conditions, but they are always tough mentally, especially when it’s so easy to check our competition in real time.
Worth noting here that the way the tracker works is that it takes a snapshot in time and extrapolates from that data so it is not super accurate. It also doesn’t take into account the weather across the course, only the boat’s geometry. Better for us to just sail our own race and let the scores work out at the finish.
By now we have also sailed 1000nm west, but onboard we have stayed on Pacific Standard Time so the number on the clock feels really different than the daylight on deck. I am currently typing at 10pm but its really only early evening out here.
At approximately 1400 the wind finally filled and we have started chugging down the track again. We are one of the few (maybe only?) day one starters to have stayed below the rumbline which is going to minimize our overall distance in the second half of the course. Our sail de jour this afternoon was the S-4 which is pretty versatile as long as the pressure stays up above 13-14 knots on our “specially calibrated ” instruments. CBTM for a bit here.
Dinner was black bean enchiladas, and for the first time the whole trip the entire entree was finished so maybe this meal is leading the onboard culinary competition. Chef Greg also caught another “rogue wave” (check the boat’s IG for more onboard footage and back story @cal40_restless) right down his back to the tramp stamp.
Evenings are still chilly and occasional rain showers persist. Some of the team is running low on fresh clothes, though the water tank is full and ready for mid race showers for us which should help the general smell onboard.
Overall, the boat is exceeding expectations for livability and comfort. Lots of opening ports and good air flow are a welcome change from the dark and wet bowels of modern race boats. Man, I’m sounding old…
Time to head up for some moonlight surfing on deck. Heim out.
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July 5th, around ⅓ of the way to Hawaii on the fine yacht Restless ( brought to you by Driscoll’s Boatworks), Alli Bell’s classic Cal 40, which has recently undergone a complete refit. We have a great team onboard with everyone bringing unique skills and perspectives to the table. Alli Bell needs little introduction; she is currently Vice Commodore of the San Diego Yacht Club and Rear Commodore of the TPYC. 3rd gen transpac racer and childhood friend to all of us. Her husband Stephen Driscoll comes from a family with a long history in yacht racing, and he is our de facto boat captain as well.
When Alli and I discussed the Restless Transpac plan shortly after she bought the boat, I said I was only in if Stephen was coming. Graham Bell is Alli’s cousin whom she has sailed thousands of ocean miles with and our navigator for the race. His mellow demeanor hides a sharp mind and wit within. Chef onboard is Greg Reynolds who also happens to be a world-class helmsman, and his class clown nature means we are never taking any situation on without some humor. I round out the team.
We started July 1st in what was forecast to be the best start day. Yay! But the change this year to Forecast based ratings for overall aim to neutralize this advantage. Boo! Felt great to finally cast the dock lines and head out to the start. Speaking of starts, the RC postponed with about 40 seconds to go due to the pin drifting. We were all tee’d up for a nice win of the boat end. Our strategy was that we are a smaller/slower boat and wanted to minimize getting rolled on the long starboard tack to Catalina.
They reset the pin a bit more to weather but we stuck with the game plan and won the boat on the restart as well so boy to get pinched off by some of the faster more modern boats. Made the best of our lane and beelined for Parsons Landing near the West End then 4 tacks to clear the rock and we punch in next waypoint. Diamond Head buoy a bit over 2200 miles away. Kept the new AP #1 genoa up through the night slowly easing sheets and eventually settling on an outboard lead for night 1. Felt like a good escape compared to last race in 23’…
More from Eric Heim can be found here.
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Bummer for these boats…
As of 0800 PDT, July 6, 2025, three boats have retired from racing in the 2025 Transpac. Two have safely and successfully returned to the mainland, and one is underway. Race Committee received word at 1800 PDT on Friday, July 4, that J/125 Vortices 2 retired from the race due to rudder issues. All aboard are safe and the vessel has returned to the mainland.
At approximately 1800 PDT on Saturday, July 5, Transpac Race Committee received notification from Reichel/Pugh 63 GoodEnergy that they have retired from the race due to rudder bearing issues. All aboard are safe and the vessel has returned to the mainland.
At 2134 PDT on Saturday, July 5, Race Committee received notice that the Andrews 68 Rock n Roll retired from the race due to an injury onboard. A crewmember sustained an injury from a fall and was taken to Avalon for treatment before transfer to a mainland hospital. The injured crewmember is reported to be in good spirits. Families have been notified. The vessel is proceeding safely to Long Beach with the remainder of the crew. TPYC wishes the injured sailor a full and speedy recovery. More.
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Strale (1967) by Antonio Bandini of the Circolo Velico Ravennate wins the Overall of the XII Principality of Monaco Trophy. The two scheduled races of the Trophy, promoted by AnnaLicia Balzan, Honorary Consul of the Principality of Monaco in Venice, took place on Saturday and Sunday with calm seas and a light breeze from the South-East.
Strale was built in wood in Ravenna by the Angelo Montanari shipyard and designed by Giuseppe Belardi. A boat that, despite its decidedly unusual shape (a small horse and an upside-down bow), has participated and won in both the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Seas in numerous classic sailing regattas. Due to its long and narrow shape (13.47 meters x 2.70 meters), it is nicknamed ‘the Worm of Rimini’, but it has proven to be very fast and competitive.
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The USCG tall ship Eagle is scheduled to arrive in San Francisco Bay on the morning of Wednesday, June 25. She will be coming under the Gate at around 8 a.m. and tying up around 10 a.m. at Piers 15/17 by the Exploratorium. The Eagle is heading south after visiting Portland and Astoria, OR. After her Bay Area stop she’ll continue her training mission by visiting our friendly neighbors to the north in Victoria, BC, before again turning south to make a stop in Seattle.
The Eagle will be open for free public tours from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 28, and will depart the Bay on Sunday, June 29. After visiting Victoria, BC, and Seattle, the ship is due to return to the Bay on July 25. There will be more public tours on her second visit, with the schedule TBD. Eagle will leave the Bay again on July 28 and head south to arrive in Los Angeles on August 1.
The remaining West Coast tour schedule is here:
San Francisco – Wednesday, 25 June
Victoria, BC, Canada – Monday, 7 July
Seattle, Washington – Tuesday, 15 July
San Francisco – Friday, 25 July
Los Angeles – Friday, 1 August
San Diego – Friday, 8 August
San Diego – Friday, 15 August
The Eagle is a 295-ft, three-masted barque, and is the only active square-rigger in US government service. She is used as a United States Coast Guard officer-training vessel, with her crew of 120 cadets swapping out at various ports during the tour. She last visited the West Coast and San Francisco Bay in 2008.
You can track the Eagle’s approach to the Bay here.
If you’re wondering what she’s been up to while not sailing the West Coast, or you’re thinking being a Coast Guard officer might be a pretty good gig, check out this video from one of her Caribbean tours:
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Once again, Roy Disney has assembled his highly experienced crew for this year’s 2025 Transpac. With Roy’s Volvo 70 Pyewacket fresh off a clean sweep in Antigua Race Week, the boat is now in transit to England for this years Fastnet Race, San Tropez Race Week, and the Rolex Maxi Worlds in Sardinia. Meanwhile, on the West Coast, Roy will be sailing his Andrews 68 Pyewacket in the 2025 Transpac.
There are probably more total Transpac miles on the Pyewacket crew than on any other boat. This will be Roy’s 26th Transpac, and as amazing as that might seem, watch captain Gary Weisman also has 26 Transpacs on his résumé. Next on the list are Ben Mitchell and Scott Easom with 21 each. Bowman Robbie Kane and navigator Peter Isler both have eight; Daryl Wislang, Brad Jackson, Tony Mutter and Torben Grael, four each. This doesn’t even take into account the combined 50-plus Pac Cups the team has done as well. The more difficult the conditions, the more this team’s experience shines.
All totaled it’s about 300,000 Transpac miles (or 12 circumnavigations) of racing to Hawaii by this crew. In 2019 their race was cut short when they stopped to rescue the crew of OEX after a rudder failure that caused the boat to sink. In 2021 they raced Disney’s modified Volvo 70 Pyewacket to a second in class, and in the 2023 Transpac they were back to win their class aboard the Andrews 68 Pyewacket.
If you’re looking to find a boat that knows the way to Hawaii, keep an eye on Pyewacket. (Listen to a podcast with Roy Disney here.)
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For cryin’ out loud, how many of these damn near look a like 70′ + luxury liners can about 10 manufacturers produce? It just shows how much money people have to buy something like this, the new Oyster 805.
Wonder how many will be sold from now on in the Trump Economic Disaster?
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This is Magic Carpet e, the brand new maxi that is undefeated after two races at the PalmaVela.
If you can stomach it, you can watch yet another mind-numbing, quick-cut video of the event here. – ed.
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Defending champion Chris Poole USA, leads first day of the Congressional Cup at Long Beach
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Greg Dorn’s San Francisco Yacht Club-flagged Favonius 2 (Transpac 52) raced the 77th Newport to Ensenada Race on Friday. We used the race as another training session for the 2025 Transpac coming up in July.
Conditions were fairly mellow but consistent this year. For our noon start in the Maxi class, we had overcast skies, which slowly burned off to a late afternoon sun and a spectacular sunset. Winds for the majority of the race were 8-12 knots. The top teams all navigated slightly east of rhumb line this year for best routing. We sailed within 2–3 miles of Mission Bay and Point Loma, and the sunset inside the Coronado Islands was spectacular.
Our main competitors Zephyrus (R/P 77) and Fast Exit II (Ker 52) did a great job in the reaching conditions. At 9 p.m. in the darkness south of Rosarito, they had extended to a 5–7-mile lead on us. We were in a strong third for line honors with a half-dozen boats within five miles of our transom.
Just as our navigator Sylvian Barrielle predicted, we were lifted at 10 p.m., jibed onto the port-tack header, and lined up perfectly for the finish line 21 miles away. Zephyrus and Fast Exit barely slowed down on final approach to Ensenada, and both finished around midnight–12:30 a.m. The nighttime wind gods (unsurprisingly) wouldn’t let us pass through so smoothly. We had a few starts and stops inside the last 10 miles to finish third on line honors at 3:05 a.m.
Quick high-fives and cleanup followed, and then it was a skeleton shift on deck as we motorsailed right back to San Diego. An early Saturday afternoon lunch at SDYC was welcomed as we debriefed the race and discussed further improvements for the Favonius 2 crew and yacht. Our next race is the SoCal 300 at the end of May.
Beyond the racing there are the natural wonders captured while sailing south:
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When I first saw the March cover of Latitude 38 floating around San Diego, I had to pick it up. I mean, come on — that’s just a badass shot. Winger mid-carve, massive swell, moody lighting — you can almost hear the wind, and feel the harsh light and spray. Then I noticed the credit: Jacob Rosenberg. Wait, that Jacob? The co-founder and president of Tajima Direct — one of our favorite advertisers and makers of the best lens technology on the planet?!!
Turns out, yeah. Jacob’s not just building the sailor’s favorite lens tech — the guy absolutely charges on the water, too. I sent him a note to ask about the shot. His answer:
“Just another day in the office testing lenses. I was actually wearing a new pair of Tajima prescription polarized lenses I made for myself. It was one of the biggest days we’ve seen in a while … solid 10 to 15 foot breaking faces under the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. I was out with a couple of buddies riding huge waves and testing lenses. Bryan McDonald and Grace Towle just happened to be there with the camera and perfect boat positioning — one of those perfect timing situations for all of us.”
Jacob and his Crissy Field wing crew are wrapping up wave season and switching back into race mode for the 2nd Annual US Wing Foil Nationals hosted by St. Francis YC this June. Jacob’s a serious contender — he took 3rd last year — and Tajima Direct is stepping up as a sponsor in support of the event. You can check out his write-up from last year’s Nationals right here.
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