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Bloody Mary Race back on track for 47th edition

Queen Mary SC will run the 47th edition of their iconic GJW Direct Bloody Mary Pursuit Race on Saturday 7 January 2023 on the 704 acre Queen Mary Reservoir

2022 Moth Class Worlds – Massimo Contessi is day 2 leader

Massimo Contessi of Argentina leads the 2022 Moth Class World Championship after two races completed at the Yacht Club Argentino.

Selden SailJuice Winter Series – Draycote Dash done, next up Datchet Flyer

The second event of this season’s Seldén SailJuice Winter Series, the Datchet Flyer, will take place at Datchet Water SC

Sooner or later boats will break

Here Tom Morris of Mozzy Sails looks at the significant structural failure on ETNZ’s AC40 (varient) and what will be required to rethink the load distribution in the bow during nosedive events

A special Boxing Day Race, the Rolex Sydney Hobart

The British love their Boxing Day races as do the Aussies . . . but the really special one is the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race which begins on Sydney Harbour at 1pm on Monday 26 December 2022.

ETNZ Roll out structure upgrade package for all AC40s

Following the recent damage to their converted AC40 during testing Emirates Team New Zealand is has been busy coming-up with a fix.

Route du Rhum – First British finishers Pip Hare and James Haryada

Britain’s Pip Hare (Medallia) finished 12th IMOCA, and James Haryada (Gentoo) 14th in the early hours of Wednesday morning (23 November).

RYA release Selection Policy for Paris 2024 Olympics

The Royal yachting Association has released its selection policy for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The application process will close at 5pm on February 1, 2023.

EurILCA 2022 Senior Europeans – Beckett finishes with Silver as Kontides Triumphes

Final day of the 2022 EurILCA European championships at Hyeres, France

ETNZ AC40 suffers bow damage in high-speed nose-dive

Emirates Team New Zealand have suffered damage to the bow of their converted AC40 after an early start testing on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf in some top end conditions.

EurILCA 2022 Senior Europeans – Penultimate Day changes final day leaders

Penultimta day of the EurILCA European championships with new leaders for each of the three fleets.

INEOS Britannia LEQ12 first launch and tow-test shakedown in Mallorca

The final piece of the 37th America’s Cup training jigsaw fell into place with the initial launch and tow-test shakedown of the INEOS Britannia LEQ12, ‘T6’, out in the harbour at Mallorca.