OK Class Dinghy Racing Mallorca

From Palma lockdown to Bandol 2022 European Championships! Mark Branagh, who many of you know from BMComposites, reached out to The Islander to tell us with much excitement about the emerging OK class in Palma. Like many of us who work on larger yachts, Mark...

St. Barth New Year’s Eve Regatta

By the time this January issue is distributed, 2023 will have started and St. Barth will once again have been the place to be for the New Year festivities. Colorfully decorated Gustavia is the gathering place around New Year’s Eve for the largest, newest and most...

Upcoming RORC events

RORC Transatlantic Race DATE: Sunday 8th January 2023 COURSE: Lanzarote – Grenada DISTANCE (nm): 2995 The ninth edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race takes the competitors through the islands of the Canaries, with their reputation for large acceleration zones...

Light winds in The Rolex Middle Sea Race

The 43rd edition of the Mediterranean’s most demanding and renowned 600 mile offshore race, The Middle Sea Race, will be remembered for light winds. Only those determined enough made the finish line, but that majority of the fleet did not finish. The conditions...

ClubSwan 80 Debut

New ClubSwan 80 My Song blows away the fierce competition at the Rolex Maxi Yacht cup as well as the consecutive Swan Cup. Being a brand-new yacht with a newbie crew they beat the odds and dominated some of the toughest big boat competition in the world! Swan is...