Drama and world class racing are on the cards as teams battle for 470 World Championship glory and the all-critical nation qualification to the 2016 Olympic Games.

Cascais, Portugal is set to be painted a particular shade of blue tonight after Azzurra are crowned the 52 SUPER SERIES champions of 2015. The team which wears the iconic colours of Sardinia’s Yacht Club Costa Smeralda eclipsed Quantum Racing over the five regattas circuit which started in May in Valencia and finished in typically perfect Portuguese sunshine.

The fourth and final leg of the Hellenic Match Racing Tour 2015 took place in Piraeus, Greece, fielding a stunning line-up of leading Greek sailing stars. Perfect weather conditions over the two days of racing, 3-4 October, saw a fiercely fought series of match races, set against the dramatic scenery of the old harbour of Mikrolimano.

The 37th edition of the Régates Royales will be once again in the spotlight from September 21 to 27 with around fifty Dragons and nearly eighty classic yachts set to race in the gulf of La Napoule.

The Rolex Farr 40 World Championship marks the culmination of the season for this high-performance circuit of one-design yacht racing that has remained at the forefront of the sailing world for nearly two decades.

The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup saved the best for last with a gloriously sunny, windy day on the Costa Smeralda. The 19-knot breezes provided a thrilling finale to the 26th edition of a spectacular regatta that is the cornerstone of a longstanding partnership between Rolex and the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS).

After a world championship cut short by complicated weather, the Nacra 17s are this week competing in their European Championship in Spain. Among the 43 competitors, including a number of non-Europeans, Franck Cammas and Sophie de Turckheim are representing France alongside two others crews in the absence of the Besson - Riou duo.

Around a thousand participants on sailing yachts, motor-yachts, powerboats, Rivas and classic rowing skiffs - 115 vessels in total - left the Yacht Club de Monaco today with magical memories from the 12th Monaco Classic Week, all vowing to return in two years’ time.

With a nod to the Young Rascals, John Demourkas was certainly ‘Groovin' on a Sunday afternoon’ as he won the 2015 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship by one point over defending champion Alex Roepers on Plenty.

On Wednesday there were 58 sailing and motor-yachts all moored in the YCM Marina in front of the Yacht Club de Monaco’s new building, their varnish, brass and bronze fittings gleaming in the sunshine, ready to welcome the jury that will judge the quality of their restoration.

The 37th edition of the Régates Royales-Trophée Panerai came to an end on Saturday in Cannes. The seventy-nine classic yachts profited from a whole week of summer-like conditions.

A race with no equal; and that is by no means an exaggeration. With 8 legs covering 40,000 nautical miles and 16 individual races, Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is designed to circumnavigate the globe following the steps or rather the waves of RKJ, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Clipper Race Chairman and a legendary yachtsman. Words by Eva Metis*

15 days to go and already 73 teams have confirmed their registration for the first ISAF-recognised J/70 European Open Championship, organised by the Yacht Club de Monaco in collaboration with the J/70 Monaco Class Association, presided by Jacopo Carrain, from 12th to 17th October 2015.

Porto Cervo, Italy: Opening salvos were fired today between the 40 boats competing in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and the Rolex Maxi 72 World Championship, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association.

The Transat – the oldest race in professional sailing – is now open for entries as the build-up to the 2016 renewal of this North Atlantic solo classic continues apace. 

The sixth Perini Navi Cup drew to a close yesterday with the fleet of racing yachts experiencing phenomenal race conditions and career challenges for all sail teams.