After another Rán VII victory in Round 2 of the 2018 FAST40+ Circuit in Poole topped a second clean sweep of the podium for Carkeek Design Partners, we caught up with some key people behind the phenomenal start.

With a week to go to the inaugural Monaco Swan One Design, to be hosted by the Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM) from 26 to 31 March, a competitive fleet has been drawn from eight nations.

Dieter Shon’s Maxi 72 Momo has won the Challenge Rolex Trophy, awarded to the yacht coming first overall in the IRC class.

Buoyed by the success of the first four editions, the Yacht Club de Monaco is to expand the solar-powered boat event to embrace all clean energy sources.

 Ashore, it is often as much a festival as a competition, particularly in Saint-Tropez where the three-day inshore series, co-organised by the Yacht Club Italiano and the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, is centred.

Knowing what they do about the intensity, and the extremely high level of competition within the 52 SUPER SERIES, the crew of double Olympian, Eduardo de Souza Ramos, considers their debut season to be about learning and experience building.

At 12:50, the race committee of the Yacht Club Italiano fired the start gun for the big 212 yacht fleet for the long race in the Rolex Giraglia. The yachts headed for the Giraglia rock under a breeze of 10/12 kn

In 12 months, a fleet of magnificent yachts will start from the island of Lanzarote, in the Canaries, to rally to Christophe Harbour, a premier superyacht and resort community on the southeast peninsula of St Kitts, in the north of the Antilles.

The 80th edition of the Bol d’Or Mirabaud 2018 was run with evasive winds, testing the nerves of participants.

The 2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart will be remembered for many things: an astonishingly quick pace, a new record and a reversal of fortune in the contest for line honours. 

An event defined by its overriding joie de vivre, the Rolex Giraglia is set to have more cause for celebration at its 66th edition in mid-June.

The German Hallberg-Rassy 37 “Thyra” has won the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers overall. She won out of 127 yachts on the starting list.

Day one of the Rolex Capri Sailing Week was a  maxi-only affair on the Bay of Naples, with the weather mark positioned close to the tip of the Sorrento Peninsula.

From Hong Kong to London, retracing the 13.000 miles of the Tea Route

The quayside in front of the Yacht Club de Monaco’s magnificent clubhouse on Quai Louis II was buzzing with activity today, as the crews gathered for the inaugural Monaco Swan One Design set about their final preparations.

 The CATAMARANS CUP International Regatta, a unique race of sailing catamarans, came to a successful close after one week of racing. This year, 36 catamarans signed up to compete welcoming 330 sailors from a total of 18 countries.