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Sailing News for September 25, 2025

SailGP Geneva delivered fireworks as Germany grabbed their first win, the U.S. found form, and Switzerland hit the podium at home. Add in new foils and the surprise Artemis Racing announcement, and the league just got spicier. On Long Island, the Six Metre Worlds finally lit up with Bribon and Momo II stealing headlines. Dee Caffari launches a new RYA podcast digging into Britain’s Olympic sailing dominance, while a family of eight completes a 5,000-mile South American odyssey. Tech tips on compass care, Cure Marine’s bold new cats, and SP80’s kite-powered speed quest round out the week.

Sail GP/America’s Cup

5 Things You Missed in Geneva (7 min read)
Germany finally broke through with their first SailGP win, leading from start to finish in the Final and showing Season 5 is wide open. The U.S. found their groove in the light stuff, Switzerland thrilled the home crowd with a podium, and the leaderboard is now a four-horse race toward Abu Dhabi. Geneva also saw the debut of new foils that make takeoff easier, plus a surprise announcement that Sweden’s Artemis Racing will join the league next season with Nathan Outteridge driving.

Symphony of Speed: SailGP Like You’ve Never Seen (or Heard) It Before (6 min read)
Foiling catamarans and classical music might sound like an odd combo, but SailGP’s new film Symphony of Speed proves it works. Shot in Geneva with sweeping race footage and a live string quartet performing Max Richter’s remix of Vivaldi, the piece takes the F50’s speed and elegance into cinematic territory. Think soaring drones, slow-motion spray, and music that builds as the racing does. The result? Goosebumps, a fresh way to experience SailGP, and a reminder that sport can be art too.

Inshore & Offshore Racing

2025 Six Metre World Championships – Day 3 (7 min read)
After a slow start to the regatta, the Six Metre Worlds finally lit up on Long Island with two races in perfect breeze. King Juan Carlos’s Bribon owned the Classics with back-to-back wins, while Dieter Schoen’s Momo II stormed into the Open lead with a 2nd and a 1st. Behind them, gear failures and near-dismastings kept things spicy, with Jill hanging onto 2nd in the Classics despite drama and Eau Vive and Aera trading blows in the Opens. Two days remain and it is all to play for.

Olympic Class/Dinghy Sailing

Sharing 150 Years of Boating Adventure (4 min read)
Dee Caffari is fronting a new RYA 150 Podcast that dives into 150 years of British boating history, with stories straight from the sailors who lived it. Episode one asks how Britain became the world’s most successful Olympic sailing nation, featuring Keith Musto, Rod Carr, and Sparky Park. Their answer: grit, innovation, and a shift from scrappy amateur efforts to finely tuned medal machines. It is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a sailing powerhouse.

Cruising

Sailing the Length of South America with Six Children (9 min read)
Somira Sao, her husband James, and their six kids just wrapped a 5,000-mile odyssey from Uruguay to Trinidad aboard their 15m trimaran Thunderbird. Along the way they patched sails, dodged squalls, threaded sketchy river bars, and leaned on the kindness of Brazil’s sailing community. They also navigated James’s cancer recovery, celebrated equator crossings, and turned six young passengers into capable crew. After two months of prep and 30 days at sea, the family arrived salty, sunburned, and transformed, proof that life afloat shapes resilience like nothing else.

Cure Marine Joins McConaghy to Build Performance Catamarans (5 min read)
Cure Marine is teaming up with McConaghy Yachts to shake up the performance cruising cat market. Production will shift to McConaghy’s high-tech Zhuhai facility, pairing Cure’s lightweight carbon fiber designs with McConaghy’s America’s Cup level composite skills. The lineup now includes the Cure 48, 55, and 68, promising speed, comfort, and long-range cruising chops. The first look at these next generation cats is coming at the Annapolis Boat Show in October, and it is already generating plenty of buzz.

Tech & Gear

Keeping Your Compass Accurate: Expert Advice (5 min read)
Think your compass is only threatened by a nearby VHF radio? Not so fast. Experts say the real culprits are everyday things like spanners in a locker, your phone in your pocket, or even your engine’s alternator when it’s working hard. Coaxial cables aren’t much of a problem, but careless stowage of magnetic gear definitely is. Moral of the story: swing your compass regularly, keep steel tools far away, and don’t blame the compass if you’ve parked your boat on a magnet.

Sailing Highlight of the Day

Meet SP80, the kite-powered trimaran gunning for 80 knots and a new world sailing speed record. With twin pilots tucked into jet-fighter cockpits, a paragliding-inspired kite for a sail, and a superventilating foil designed to blast past the usual drag limits, this thing looks more spaceship than boat. The current record sits at 65.45 knots, but SP80 thinks it can crush that off the south of France this year. It is part drag race, part science experiment, and all about pure speed.