A new regatta for big yachts is born.

Ibiza JoySail – 17th -20th June 2021 STP Shipyard Palma, Europe’s main hub for sailing yachts’ refit & repair, and Marina Ibiza, the most exclusive marina in the Med, have joined forces to create the IBIZA JOYSAIL REGATTA. It is a new competition for yachts...

Aegean 600: A new offshore sailing race

Athens, Greece: From July 4-10, 2021, the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) in Greece will organize a new 600 nautical mile offshore yacht race. This race – the AEGEAN 600 – is designed by sailors for sailors in which the sporting challenge will meet...

Sailing is an experiential sport – Alice Widdows

Superyacht sailors are keen to get back to racing. Recent news that the St Barths Bucket is cancelled for a second year and the Millennium Cup in Auckland is postponed until late March is tough for the superyacht sailing fraternity. Will the delayed start to the...

flying fifteen Mallorca

A shorter report this month – only one regatta was possible due to Covid. We did plan a practice on the 16th, and some boats even got on the water. However, the gusts of 30+ knots – some of them seemingly vertical! – laid boats on their sides, and we had to return to...

America’s Cup: Afterguard analysis – Ineos Team UK

The British squad are renowned as the comeback kids of the event after their remarkable transformation from the ugly ducklings of the America’s Cup World Series – Auckland warm up regatta to the beautiful soaring swans of the first weekend of the Prada Cup. 15/01/21...