MAPFRE will be back on the start line for the Volvo Ocean Race in 2017-18, the Spanish team announced on Tuesday.

The CATAMARANS CUP International Regatta, a unique race of sailing catamarans, came to a successful close after one week of racing.

The Volvo Ocean Race will give sports fans an extra Christmas present in 2017 after adding Melbourne to the route for the forthcoming edition starting in October.

Faithful to its heritage to embody the love of sailing and cruising, the annual rendezvous for the “Catamarans Cup” has set sail for the 7th successive year.

When former United Technologies Chairman George David  first brought his grand prix racing yacht Rambler to Les Voiles de St. Barth, it was the event's 2010 inaugural edition.

Giovanni Soldini and the Maserati Multi70 team were first across the finish-line in the 37a Rolex Middle Sea Race at 14 00’ 01” today.

Jim Delegat’s New Zealand yacht Giacomo is the overall winner of the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart. For Delegat and his crew, this is a triumph of persistence and teamwork with a distinct family touch.

Having now covered over half of the 608 miles of the Rolex Middle Sea Race route, including a spectacular passage past the Stromboli volcano at first light and with the Aeolian Islands now in her wake, Maserati Multi70 has just caught up with Phaedo3. 

Records are set to be broken at the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The frontrunners, having negotiated the infamous Bass Strait, are making rapid progress down the east coast of Tasmania on route to the finish in Hobart.

The GC32 Racing Tour’s third season ended in Marseille, a circuit of five stages fought out between Italy, Spain and France at a level that continues to rise.

Arriving in Hobart at 02:31.20 on Wednesday 28 December, Anthony Bell’s 100-ft Maxi Perpetual LOYAL has set a new race record of 1 day, 13 hours, 31 minutes, 20 seconds at the Rolex Sydney Hobart and in the process secured line honours in the 72nd edition of the famous offshore race.

They did it! Victorious in Italy (Riva Cup), then Spain (Copa del Rey and Sotogrande Cup), Franck Cammas and his crew have now won in France.

The great race is underway. The 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, featuring an international fleet of 88 yachts, commenced at 13:00 local time on a perfect Sydney summer’s day.

The Groupama Team France sailors are training relentlessly for the 2017 America’s Cup; the crew spend their life on the water - or just above it, masterfully “foiling”.

For the first time in the Principality, four classes will be sharing the race area for the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series this weekend, 9-11 December.

Everything is ready at the piers of the Versilia Nautical Club of Viareggio, host of the October 13-16 12th edition of the annual Viareggio Gathering of Historic Sailboats.