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After a spectacular and already hard-fought start last Saturday, November 22, from Saint Paul Bay in Reunion Island, the competitors in Leg 3 of the 2nd edition of the GLOBE40 are now nearly 700 miles south of the island.

The mood of McIntyre Golden Globe entrants and managers who met for the first time over two days in Les Sables d’Olonne was a mix of excitement, emotion and pure passion. There was an air of urgency and apprehension for some.

Only a few days remain to grab 50% off a selection of used sails at Sail Exchange.

Three generations of Manly Skiff Club royalty were on show as a clutch of emerging young sailors showcased their talent on a hectic weekend of competition.

Line Honours winning Skipper from the last two Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Races, Christian Beck, has again thrown down the gauntlet to claim underdog status as the psychological warfare starts before the 2025 race.

Lydia Mullan has been named as the Yachting Journalists’ Association (YJA) Young Journalist of the Year 2025.

If you want a positive outlook on the marine industry then there’s no better place to be than Amsterdam in mid-November.

Saturday saw an action-packed start to the London Six Pack, with ran 44 out of 55 races completed as part of the round robin. Despite some difficulties with the start boat dragging its anchor we were able to get under way smoothly and efficiently.

A renowned annual meeting of the main players in international competitive sailing, the Yacht Racing Forum, included the Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca as an example of the organisation of top-level international regattas in its 2025 edition.

A competitor said to me last weekend, “I learnt more in 3 months of radio sailing than 30 years racing a dinghy”. There will be nowhere better to extend your learning of racing than by watching the best in the world in a stadium like setting.