Porto Cervo, Italy. 04 September 2015. The majestic fleet of Perini Navi superyachts gathered in Porto Cervo took to the waters of the Costa Smeralda once again this morning for Race 2 of the Italian shipyard’s biennial regatta and “family gathering”.

Ireland’s Fastnet rock is one of the famous emblems of offshore sailing, the foremost of several scenic and imposing lighthouses on the Rolex Fastnet race course.

With 40 yachts gathered in Porto Cervo, the 2015 edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup has attracted one of its largest and highest calibre entries in the event’s 35-year history.

After negotiating seven separate start sequences called from the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, the largest fleet in the race’s proud 90-year history have commenced the famous 603-nautical mile offshore race to Plymouth via Ireland’s Fastnet rock.

Today marks the start of the sixth Perini Navi Cup, welcoming 16 Perini Navi yachts to the docks of Sardinia’s Yacht Club Costa Smeralda before the fleet heads out on the open water of Porto Cervo to unleash their sails.

Panerai hosts the 43rd Opera House Cu Regatta. The first all-wooden single –hulled Classic Boat Regatta on the East Coast. After a series of successful races in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, UK, and Marblehead, MA, the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge (PCYC) reaches Nantucket, MA next week for the 43rd annual Opera House Cup Regatta (OHC). 

Porto Cervo, Italy: Blasting their way around the race track off Porto Cervo, Italy next week will be some of the world’s most impressive yachts, all competing in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organised by Yacht Club Costa Smeralda and the International Maxi Association (IMA).

Garmin Offshore Race won by EL POCKO and BRIGITTA-X last night, perfect 12-15 knot conditions today yielded two inshore races for each class, and Estonian teams take early series lead.

From 9th to 13th September, Monaco will once again be the venue of a privileged rendezvous for a whole range of beautiful classic boats, from the smallest steam launch once tender to the prince’s yacht to the stunning race yachts and motor-yachts, decked out in exotic wood and collectable items, the epitome of luxurious floating residences.

Classic yachts, period motor-yachts, motor-boats and skiffs from a bygone era descend to revive a Belle Époque ambiance in Port Hercule. Monaco Classic Week – La Belle Classe takes up residence on Quai Louis II at the foot of the Yacht Club de Monaco’s new premises, inaugurated in June 2014 by HSH Prince Albert II, the Club’s president since 1984.

The first ever single-handed ocean yacht race, that was originally staged in 1960, is set to return in 2016 when some of the world’s best solo sailors and most spectacular yachts will take on the classic 2,800-mile course of The Transat, from Britain to the United States.

Five days of inshore and offshore racing at Pärnu, Estonia's summer capital, starts Wednesday in largest ORC Europeans turnout in 15 years.

The Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge heads to Newport for the finale of the 2015 North American Circuit and the 36th Annual Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta.

Quantum Racing may have won the premier class at the 34th Copa del Rey MAPFRE, TP52s for the third time in a row when they won the final race but tactician Terry Hutchinson considers today’s victory in the fourth regatta of the 52 SUPER SERIES their hardest won and by far their most satisfying.

A bit more than one month to go to the fifth edition of the Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy, and preparations are well under way in Gstaad and St Tropez to welcome some of the most stunning centenarians still competing.

Following on from last year’s event hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, the annual Rolex Farr 40 World Championship continues its presence in California some 400 miles down the coast in Long Beach.