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The 2025 season started well for maxi yachting: first was the RORC Transatlantic Race followed by the latest venture for maxis in the Caribbean, an inshore regatta, the Nelson’s Cup Maxi Series, followed immediately by the RORC Caribbean 600 – reports IMA Secretary General, Andrew McIrvine.

Returning Heroes

Returning Heroes

When a single point decided the 2024 52 Super Series season championship, no one wants to start the 2025 circuit by giving anything away in the first few races of May's 2025 season opening event in Saint Tropez.

Launching into Europe

Launching into Europe

With military-spec materials, design awards and pro sailor endorsements, Mustang Survival unveils its new ranges of lifejackets and foul weather gear.

A synchronised ballet as Sevenstar’s tandem lift manoeuvres 30m racers to the Caribbean

A synchronised ballet as Sevenstar’s tandem lift manoeuvres 30m racers to the Caribbean

Transporting racing yachts involves complex choreography. If those racing yachts are the 28.3m Bullitt, 30.5m V and 34.5m Galateia, the complexity jumps exponentially, especially when two are loaded in Genoa, and one in Palma de Mallorca.

Used boats can win

Used boats can win

You don’t need a big budget, a shiny new boat, or a crew stacked with pros to be competitive offshore these days. That’s not some clever marketing line—it’s reality.

Fizzing with Innovation

Fizzing with Innovation

In the offshore apparel market, where heritage counts and habits are hard to break, you’ve got to admire a company like Zhik.

Structured Luffs for All

Structured Luffs for All

At Europe’s major superyacht crossroads of Palma de Mallorca, the three key experts at the Doyle Sails loft are each involved in projects widely diverse in nature but all sharing a commitment to extract maximum benefit from the company’s groundbreaking Structured Luff technology.

The Quiet Sailcloth Revolution Gets Louder

The Quiet Sailcloth Revolution Gets Louder

In a world where sailcloth innovations are often either overhyped or under-delivered, Dimension-Polyant’s Tyra PLY has managed something far rarer—quiet credibility.

Stronger Together...

Stronger Together...

...but Doyle Sails will continue to compete against its former arch rivals.

Shape of the Future

Shape of the Future

Marc Lombard Design Group’s highly successful Lift Class40 designs have now evolved into a racer-cruiser – built in the UK at SR Structures in Lymington.

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