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Show news Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez preparation under way
Organisation built on proven experience and a constant attention to detail
Posted on 11 Jul
Mini round the world race for the maxi class
Near photo finishes, calms, sudden gusts, joy, terror and amazing scenery in the Aegean 600
Posted on 8 Jul
Big wind Aegean 600 lies ahead for maxi favourites
A 25-knot Meltemi should propel the 10 maxi yachts competing off down the course
Posted on 4 Jul
TP52 Worlds, Kiel Week, and Bermuda Race news
The sailing world has been delivering its share of high-level news
Posted on 30 Jun
The Superyacht Cup Palma Richard Mille overall
It's another win for Win Win, as they take their third title
Posted on 27 Jun
The Superyacht Cup Palma Richard Mille Day 2
A second remarkable day of racing in superb sailing conditions
Posted on 26 Jun
The Superyacht Cup Palma Richard Mille Day 1
Flying start as the Bay of Palma delivers once again
Posted on 25 Jun
RORC Cowes Dinard St Malo Race 2026 Preview
Pace, classics and shorthanded talent lines up
Posted on 25 Jun
A taste of the action to come
On the eve of The Superyacht Cup Palma Richard Mille
Posted on 24 Jun
Black Jack 100 wins Newport Bermuda Race
An impressive offshore sprint
Posted on 22 Jun
Grand Return of the J Class
At Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez
Posted on 21 Jun
The dragon's passage to Loro Piana Giraglia glory
The 2026 edition delivered everything that gives this event its enduring place in offshore racing
Posted on 20 Jun
Atalanta II and Proteus top Loro Piana Giraglia
The maxi results from the four days of inshore/coastal races
Posted on 20 Jun
The Superyacht Cup Palma Richard Mille preview
A celebration of superyacht history awaits
Posted on 20 Jun
Maxis home in faster in Loro Piana Giraglia
The wind gods smiled on the Yacht Club Italiano's annual offshore race
Posted on 19 Jun
Dramatic Loro Piana Giraglia Line Honours duel
A thrilling conclusion in the Gulf of Genoa
Posted on 18 Jun
Loro Piana Giraglia 2026 Line Honours for ARCA SGR
In an elapsed time of 1 day 1 hour 5 minutes and 56 seconds
Posted on 18 Jun
Cyclades Cup 2026 at the Yacht Club of Greece
Four days of racing, celebrations and unforgettable experiences in Antiparos
Posted on 18 Jun
Loro Piana Giraglia 2026 Offshore Race Start
The Classic Course Begins: Giraglia Fleet Heads for Genoa
Posted on 17 Jun
Inshore maxi winners at Loro Piana Giraglia
Another day's racing which very nearly didn't happen
Posted on 16 Jun
Loro Piana Giraglia 2026 Inshore Racing Day 4
Final flourish in Saint-Tropez before the Giraglia goes offshore
Posted on 16 Jun
Maxi classes at the Loro Piana Giraglia Day 3
V and Atalanta II leap ahead
Posted on 15 Jun
Loro Piana Giraglia 2026 Inshore Racing Day 3
Perfect breeze, pure Saint-Tropez
Posted on 15 Jun
Loro Piana Giraglia 2026 Inshore Racing Day 2
Close quarters on the Côte d'Azur
Posted on 14 Jun
Loro Piana Giraglia 2026 Inshore Racing Day 1
A Classic Mediterranean Opening
Posted on 13 Jun
Maxi classes at the Loro Piana Giraglia Day 1
Atalanta II and My Song top the standings after the opening day
Posted on 13 Jun
Maxi battle to resume at Loro Piana Giraglia
Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge continues this weekend at Saint-Tropez
Posted on 12 Jun
The Loro Piana Giraglia 2026 begins
Racing starts with Inshore Regatta at Saint-Tropez.
Posted on 11 Jun
Antiparos welcomes back the Cyclades Cup
An exquisite fleet assembling for the third edition
Posted on 6 Jun
Loro Piana Giraglia preview
73rd edition will feature four days of inshore racing in Saint-Tropez
Posted on 4 Jun
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    George Procopiou's Volvo 70 AIOLOS (GRE) team filled the stage as the largest crew in the event, winners of the Maxi class and the Aegean Athena Trophy
    © Nikos Alevromytis / Alen Photography
    Prosecco DOC Shockwave³, Aiolos and Nice set off heavily reefed during Sunday's breezy start to the Aegean 600
    © Fragoulis photography
    Prosecco DOC Shockwave³ secures line honours, but outside of the Aegean 600 record set in 2023 by Leopard 3
    © Deea Buzdugan
    Celebrations one again on board Aiolos as George Procopiou unleashes the champagne after the Aegean 600
    © Nikos Alevromytis / Alen Photography
    George Procopiou's Aiolos during yesterday's practice race
    © Deea Buzdugan
    Hagar V en route to winning the 2022 Aegean 600 overall under IRC
    © Nikos Alevromytis / Alen Photography
    Selma Racing-Sisi will relish the big conditions forecast - she is one of two largely Polish-crewed VO65s entered
    © Nikos Alevromytis / Alen Photography
    90ft Prosecco Doc Shockwave³
    © Alessandro Suggi Liverani
    Aiolos passes the Temple of Poseidon at the tip of the Sounion Peninsula during the 2025 Aegean 600
    © Vagelis Fragoulis
    Stratis Andreadis' Meliti during Friday's practice race
    © Nikos Alevromytis / Alen Photography
    Black Jack 100 Collects Line Honors in the 2026 Newport Bermuda Race
    © Stephen Cloutier
    Giraglia, the Mediterranean's equivalent of the Fastnet Rock
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    The 1957 72ft Laurent Giles ketch Star Sapphire was one of several classic maxis competing in the offshore race
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    The Grand Soleil 80 LC Bianca II follows the Wally 60 Wallyño of Benoît de Froidmont past the Giraglia rock
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    New to the maxi fleet is Marco Pastorino's Grand Soleil 80 LC Bianca II
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    Guido Paolo Gamucci's canting keel Mylius 60 Cippa Lippa X en route to maxi/IRC 0 victory in the offshore race
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    Philip Rann's Carbon Yachts 82 Aegir basking in the dusk light
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    IMA President Maurits van Oranje's Sud (right) passes the Giraglia rock chased by Stefano Brunello's canting Frers 60 Moonshine
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    Atalanta II
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    IMA President Maurits van Oranje's Wally 80 Sud struggled in the light conditions
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    ARCA SGR's Furio Benussi (left) receives the Levainville Trophy for line honours - with Pier Luigi Loro Piana, and YCI and SNST Presidents Carlo Cameli and Pierre Roinson
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    Cippa Lippa X
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    Carlo Puri Negri receives the prize for the Best Placed IMA member from the IMA's Maria Luisa Farris
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    Furio Benussi (second from left) with Guido Miani (left), strategist Thomas Zajac and Giulia Ascione, who has been with the team for the last 10 years
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    Alessandro Del Bono's 80ft Capricorno finished in eighth place in the IRC 0 maxi class
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    Perennial Loro Piana Giraglia competitor Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    Magic Carpet e had her sail plan enlarged over the winter to help her in lighter conditions
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    Paul Cayard and Pier Luigi Loro Piana congratulate one another upon finished aboard My Song
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    Pier Luigi Loro Piana's 80ft My Song was third home on the water
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi
    The lightweight, dart-like 100ft ARCA SGR excelled in the light conditions
    © Loro Piana / Studio Borlenghi