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The 2025 season will be remembered as one of the most intense and memorable seasons in Class40 history.

Poole Regatta takes place over the late May Bank Holiday from the 23rd to 25th May 2026, with an extra day of racing scheduled on the 22nd May for the European Championship. Be one of the first competitors to enter over the New Year break.

Min River has been declared the Overall winner of the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, making her owner, Jiang Lin, the first woman to ever win the race.

Now don’t get me wrong. That’s a not a description of the on-water action from the 80th rendition of the Boxing Day Classic. Far from it, actually. Rather, it is a reflection upon that the elements that an ‘ordinary’ Hobart invariably involves

The protest by the Race Committee versus BNC – my::NET / LEON following the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has been upheld by the International Jury. A time penalty has been imposed which is greater than BNC’s provisional win margin.

The Half Ton Class Europe and the Half Ton Class Norway are delighted and proud to announce that the Seldén Group from Sweden has accepted to be the main partner of the 2026 Half Ton Classics Cup, organised in Hankø, Norway on 1-7 August 2026.

A Nor’easterly breeze which continued to build through Monday set the stage for a string of incredible approaches to Hobart, with yachts lighting up Storm Bay and threading the Iron Pot in classic fashion.

Ten hardy boats shrugged off truly Arctic temperatures to line up for the Scammonden Water Sailing Club Freezer Open on the 28th of December. The last race on Scammonden’s 2025 calendar is always a good chance to burn off Christmas dinner.

The Tattersall Cup, the overall honours trophy in the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart is far from being decided, as competitors pop in and out of contention on what will be for most, the final day, of racing.

Is it time for a new rulebook when it comes to the Hobart? Maybe throw out things like go out early and come in late? Find the South flowing East Australia Current, and then use it? Maybe 2025 is the year of asking that question…