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Seeking adventurers

The 2027 McIntyre Ocean Globe Race is opening opportunities for professional and amateur sailors to join a 27,000-nautical-mile circumnavigation inspired by the original Whitbread Round the World Race.
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Festival expands

Nine smiling sailors pose aboard Shaw Thing at the marina, with one crew member raising both arms.
Entries have opened for Festival of Sails 2027, with the Australian Yachting Championship joining an expanded line-up of national and state title events in Geelong from 22 to 26 January.
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Leading Impact

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New Zealand’s Black Foils lead SailGP’s 2026 Season Impact League after backing a campaign to end bottom trawling on seamounts.
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Future flagship

Cure 68GT cruising catamaran viewed from the starboard quarter at sunset.
Cure Marine has released the first details of the Cure 68GT, a full-carbon performance cruising catamaran developed for fast, efficient and comfortable long-range sailing.
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Zero hour

Zero renewables-powered sailing yacht launching in Harlingen
Vitters’ 68.91-metre sailing yacht Zero has launched in Harlingen, turning one of yachting’s most ambitious renewable-energy concepts into a working platform for fossil-fuel-free cruising.
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Positive results

Brin Liddell and Rhiannan Brown racing a foiling Nacra 17 catamaran in Eckernförde.
Australian sailors secured two Nacra 17 top-10 finishes and a career-best 49erFX result at the 2026 European Championships in Germany.
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Atlantic finale

Around 9 September, the IMOCA boats are expected to arrive in Lorient La Base, the capital of offshore racing, after crossing the Atlantic from New York.
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Oyster opens

Aerial view of the Oyster 515 at anchor on calm water at sunset.
Oyster Yachts has unveiled the Oyster 515, a new-generation 50-foot bluewater cruiser combining increased performance, greater interior volume and a superyacht-inspired aft deck.
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Ferrari’s energy leap

Two engineers operating a carbon-fibre Ferrari Hypersail pedestal in a laboratory test area.
Ferrari Hypersail has revealed the energy management concept behind its 100-foot offshore foiling monohull, combining renewable energy, crew-generated power and automotive-derived control systems.
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Twice the ICE

ICE Yachts will stage two world premieres at the 2026 Cannes Yachting Festival, presenting the new ICE80 Blue Water and ICE70 Sport from 8 to 13 September.