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Sailing News for November 14, 2025

The 2026 Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix is set to turn the Hudson into a floating grandstand with premium spectator boats and front-row spray for fans. Inshore, the PredictWind A-Class Worlds brought full drama to Auckland with gusts, rain squalls, and high-speed duels. The ARC Rally’s Cape Verde pit stop proves a sailor’s best friend mid-Atlantic, while World Sailing’s annual conference wrapped in Dun Laoghaire with big wins for inclusivity and new leadership. Meet Sydney’s busiest sailing family keeping Red Pumps flying high, marvel at Wally’s blistering new Wallyrocket 71, and ride along as one solo sailor takes his ex-race cat Rogue One on a wild sprint from Australia to Hawaii.

Sail GP/America’s Cup

2026 Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix to Offer Exclusive On-Water Viewing for Spectators (3 min read)
SailGP is coming back to New York in 2026 and this time fans can watch the F50s rip down the Hudson from inside the racecourse perimeter. The league is rolling out premium and platinum spectator boats with front-row views, food, drinks and live commentary, basically turning the Hudson into a floating grandstand. With last year’s event pulling over 10,000 ticketed fans and nearly 20 million TV viewers, New York is shaping up to be one of the biggest stops of the season. If you want to feel the spray, bring your credit card.

Inshore & Offshore Racing

ARC Rally Stopover Survival Guide: The boatyard at the crossroads of the world (4 min read)
Cape Verde’s legendary boatCV is the ARC Rally’s secret weapon when gear breaks halfway across the Atlantic. Kai Brossmann and his team run a mobile workshop that feels more like an F1 pit-lane, cranking through busted booms, wobbly masts and shredded sails in record time. Crews can book repairs from sea, arrive to a full triage plan and still sneak off to hike volcanoes or sip grogue in Mindelo. If something breaks on your crossing, this is the place you hope to wash up.

PredictWind A-Class Cat World Championships 2025 at Milford Cruising Club – Day 3 (6 min read)
Day 3 served up a full meteorological buffet in Auckland as the A-Class fleets finally got racing after a stormed-out day. The Open fleet saw Ravi Parent shift into another gear, out-smarting and out-pacing the pack to take a commanding win, while the Classics battled disappearing breeze, drifting duels and a surreal Interstellar-style rain squall. Through it all, Polish veteran Jacek Noetzel stayed ice-cold, bagging more bullets and tightening his grip on the regatta. Chaos for some, glory for others and maximum entertainment for everyone watching the TracTrac feed.

Olympic Class/Dinghy Sailing

World Sailing annual conference praised (2 min read)
World Sailing wrapped its 2025 Annual Conference in Dun Laoghaire with big headlines and a newly gender-balanced Board. Olympian Sophia Papamichadopoulos and offshore expert Corinne Migraine were elected Vice Presidents, marking a milestone under the federation’s new constitution. Leaders highlighted progress on LA28 prep, the Paralympic bid for Brisbane 2032, and the road to the 2027 World Sailing Championships. The week also saw Charlie Dalin and Justine Mettraux named Rolex Sailors of the Year, capping a conference full of momentum for the sport.

Youth Sailing/Development

And you thought you had a busy week? (4 min read)
Meet Greg Windust, the Manly 16ft skiff sailor who somehow juggles four sailing kids, multiple sponsored boats, two junior classes and a full-time concrete pumping business without losing his mind. The family spends weekends hopscotching around Sydney’s sailing scene while living aboard their boat at The Spit, powered mostly by enthusiasm and, according to Bec, champagne. Greg is still chasing his first national title after 30 years, but with Red Pumps flying and his kids charging up the ranks, the whole clan looks set for a massive summer on the water.

Foiling

New Wallyrocket 71: The Next Generation Racing Yacht (4 min read)
Wally’s new Wallyrocket 71 is built to bully the Maxi 72 fleet and it wasted no time proving it. Designed by Botin Partners, the 71 packs a wild combo of ultra-low weight, massive water ballast and raw speed that pushes it upwind at 11 knots and downwind at true-wind pace. Django 7x, the first of the line, showed up to the Rolex Maxi Yacht Cup and promptly smoked the seasoned favorites to win the IMA Grand Prix Worlds. It’s lean, carbon, unapologetically fast and already rewriting the maxi playbook.

Sailing Highlight of the Day

A sailor takes Rogue One, a reborn ex-race catamaran, on her biggest passage yet from Australia to Hawaii and documents the chaotic, windy, absolutely thrilling first 24 hours. He slaloms between tankers, hits 21 knots in the dark, and threads the exit of the Great Barrier Reef before settling into lighter winds on the Coral Sea. The audio may be rough, but the ride isn’t. It’s a raw, honest first-video vibe from someone sending it solo across the Pacific in a very fast boat.