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The Merlin Rocket Owners’ Association is pleased to launch its youth training programme. This is a brand-new initiative, and we look forward to welcoming participants from across the dinghy sailing community.

Thomas Coville and his time on Sodebo Ultim 3 have just 1,100 nautical miles to go to finish their Jules Verne Trophy record attempt, but Storm Imogen is standing in their way, with 55 knot winds and waves up to 38 feet high.

They will now have to do without what remained of this sail and sail exclusively under their wing mast (30m2) and their headsails. So it was under sail that they performed a series of gybes during the night to round the island of Ponta Delgada.

Nearly 1,500 nautical miles (2,778 km) remain to the finish line of the Jules Verne Trophy between Ushant and Lizard Point. However, the team know that these final hours will be extremely challenging.

Circumnavigating the globe is the unattainable dream for most sailors, while solo racing around the world is considered extreme at best and too expensive for most? That assumption has now been turned upside down.

With the final series now fully underway in Lanzarote, margins at the top of both fleets continue to shrink. A demanding fourth day of racing delivered shifting conditions, decisive moments and further changes in the standings.

The road starts here. Bacardi Winter Series Event No. 1 launches January 23-25 on Biscayne Bay, bringing the J/70 and Melges 24 fleets back to Miami for the opening act of the 2026 Bacardi racing season.

After nearly 7,000 miles of ocean racing, Belgium Ocean Racing – Curium and Credit Mutuel finish the stage in the incredible situation with a gap that is counted in seconds.

The Johnson family are saddened to share the passing of Alan “AJ” Johnson. AJ was a passionate dinghy racer across many classes. His racing career started in 1963 at the age of 16 when he came 13th out of 250+ at the GP14 National Championships.

There is much thinking, pondering, and mentalizing aboard the Maxi trimaran IDEC SPORT from The Famous Project CIC.