Tapper on top
CYCA’s Cole Tapper and crew score massive international win, taking out the 2026 Congressional Cup.
Next gen sponsorship
Palm Beach Motor Yachts confirms three-year partnership with Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Youth Sailing Academy.
Trans-Tasman delayed
A dramatic drop in fleet numbers has forced organisers to call off the Trans-Tasman Yacht Race until further notice.
History-making Lin
Jiang Lin, owner and co-skipper of the double handed entry, JPK 10.30 Min River, Overall winner of the 80th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, shares with Sails her pathway to offshore racing and her thoughts on etching her name in history.
History-making win
Min River has been declared the Overall winner of the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, making the yacht’s owner, Jiang Lin, the first woman to ever win the race.
Line Honours decided
Master Lock Comanche has claimed a hard-fought and emotionally charged victory in the 80th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, prevailing after a race that swung wildly from dominance to dead calm, and from violent seas to a final-day showdown that felt more like a race within a race at the finish.
Closing in on Hobart
Three 100 footers are within sight of each other sailing into Hobart in the 80th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Battle lines drawn
As the fleet confronted a heavy sea state of 3-metre waves and demanding conditions, there was both relief and disappointment late on Saturday as the Race delivered another reminder of the fine margins between perseverance and withdrawal.
Weather update
A strengthening southerly wind and a notable upgrade in wave height are the key changes competitors face ahead of the start of the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, with forecasters warning of a rougher opening phase than earlier briefings suggested.
Words of wisdom
The youngest woman in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart, Ali Braden has heard the account of a pioneer in the sport, Victoria Willman who skippered the first all-female crewed entry in 1975.
Forecast favourable
Light and variable winds are shaping as a key feature of this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, with early forecasts pointing to a tactical opening phase rather than a flat-out drag race south.
Seeing double
Competitors in the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race may think they’re seeing double as they come across the Akilaria RC2 yacht Titlespace Yeah Baby at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.
URM Group on top
URM Group cleans up on day two of the Australian Maxi Championship.
Cabbage in the bag
Master Lock Comanche has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the Line Honours contenders for the 80th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with a clinical performance in the Cabbage Tree Island Race.
Thorpedo on board
Five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe is set to dive into unfamiliar sporting waters, joining the crew of LawConnect for the 80th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Race to Sydney
Competitors in the third leg of the second edition of the GLOBE40 have set off from Saint Paul Bay on Reunion Island, bound for Sydney, Australia.
