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The Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 – Interview with Alice Parker and the latest from the dock in Cherbourg (Sunday July 27 @ 1600hrs local)

SVR Lazartigue is the first of three Ultim 100ft foiling trimaran, to finish the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race, and is the first home in the 450 boat fleet. There has been a lead change in the supermaxis

The 2025 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships concluded in dramatic fashion off the Californian coast, where six days of competitive sailing saw European athletes rise to the occasion—and dominate.

The African Boating Conference 21/22 Oct 2025 is gaining even more momentum with the revitalised Cape Town Boat Show set to follow immediately after the conference, 24/26 October, creating a powerful week-long showcase of Africa’s marine industry.

The 32m Ultim Trimaran SVR Lazartigue, skippered by Tom Laperche together with with Franck Cammas (co-skipper), Peter Burling, Antoine Gautier, Amélie Grassi and Emilien Lavigne has taken Multihull Line Honours at 04:38:04 this morning.

Another top Solent photographer, Martin Augustus, positioned himself at Hurst Castle for the Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race start, and has sent us this great gallery focusing mainly on the IRC classes who make up the majority of the 444 yacht fleet.

Day 3 of the 2025 iQFOiL Youth & Junior World Championships kicked off with a celebration of a historic milestone: a record-breaking 101 women are competing in this year’s edition, among a total of 375 athletes from 36 nations.

While better known as an America’s Cup tender, the Catalyst 45 proved the versatility, and seaworthiness of the design completing a 1,290nm Pacific Ocean delivery voyage to Fiji. Here’s the story…

Five US sailors traveled to Nishinomiya, Japan for six days of challenging conditions, hot temperatures, and world class sailing. USA sailor Lucas Doran was in third place in the U17 fleet before the final day of racing.

Today marked the End of the Beginning of the 2025 Admirals’ Cup with the conclusion of Inshore racing on what is known as the “Central Solent” – the patch of water that separates the Isle of Wight from England.