Since its launch in 2007, the RC44 Championship Tour has established itself as a key series to compete on in the international yacht racing scene. Fast forward 12 years and as the class goes from strength to strength, with new venues introduced the calendar and new teams joining the fleet, it was also time for a fresh new look as the class introduces the itself as the 44Cup for 2019. The defining spirit of the 44Cup brings together the worlds of sailing and business, allowing amateur owner drivers to race high performance one-design yachts against some of the world's best sailors, competing in some of the most beautiful and diverse sailing venues around the world. Such has been the success of the 44Cup, that the championship circuit has expanded from Europe to include stops in the Middle East, America’s West Coast and the Caribbean. With world class racing conditions the number one priority, the 44Cup visits some of the most glamorous and diverse sailing venues around the world.

The Clipper Race is one of the biggest challenges of the natural world and an endurance test like no other. With no previous sailing experience necessary, it's a record-breaking 40,000 nautical mile race around the world on a 70-foot ocean racing yacht. The route is divided into eight legs and between 13 and 16 individual races including six ocean crossings. You can choose to complete the full circumnavigation or select one or multiple legs. The race starts and finishes in London, England

Find out all you need to know about the Extreme 40. It’s a sport, helming state-of-the-art multihulls on very demanding courses with the most respected skippers lining up to do just that, competing so fiercely that heart-stopping close encounters always feature on the menu. It’s also a spectacle, and the public has full access to the action from the shore in carefully chosen venues, combining challenging sailing conditions and spectator-friendly configurations. Raced in several venues around the world - Singapore, Sultanate of Oman, China, Saint Petersburg Russia, Cardiff UK, Istanbul Turkey, Mediterranean and Australia

The course for The Global Ocean Race takes in some of the roughest waters on the planet. Starting in Europe the race stops in Cape Town, South Africa; Wellington New Zealand; Ilhabela, Brazil and Charleston, USA before finishing back in Europe, a total of approximately 30,000 nautical miles. The 30,000-mile round-the-world Global Ocean Race is for Class40 boats with single-handed, double-handed and fully-crewed (4 crew) teams competing. Starting the GOR in The Solent – the historical home of round-the-world racing – the fleet will immediately encounter the strong and complex tides and busy shipping lanes of the English Channel.

Since 1973, The Ocean Race has been the toughest test of a team in sport. Competition is in our DNA. Sustainability is at the core of everything we do. Nature drives us. The Southern Ocean is our arena. There, the world's best sailors – champions, record breakers, pioneers – duel, with everything at stake. This is an ocean endurance test like no other. A true feat of human ambition. With each edition, the tools evolve – but the racetrack remains as unforgiving as ever. What began as a round-the-world adventure now stands as one of sport's great challenges, with sailors pushing limits of possibility in pursuit of the ultimate glory – The Ocean Race trophy. The race was the first to use the new One Design class, the Volvo Ocean 65. Two classes will compete in the next edition of the race with the addition of the high-tech, foiling IMOCA 60 class adding a design and technical element. The one-design VO65 fleet will race on its third lap of the planet, with an emphasis on competition, youth and crew diversity.

An international competition that unites single-handed yachtsmen from all over the world who wish to test themselves in a non-stop round the world race. The course for the Vendée Globe illustrates the straightforward nature and simplicity of the idea behind this major event. You sail around the world from west to east via the three major capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin and the Horn. There is a long slide down the Atlantic, the perilous voyage across the Southern Ocean with firstly the Indian Ocean and its crossed seas, then the Pacific Ocean, the world's biggest ocean. Finally, there is the climb back up the Atlantic to head back to Les Sables d'Olonne, France which marks the start and finish of the Everest of the seas. We take a look at each section of the round the world race course.

World Cruising Club is the world's leading sailing rally specialist, with nine distinct rallies taking place every year - ARC, World ARC, Caribbean 1500, ARC Europe, ARC Portugal, ARC USA, ARC Baltic, ARC DelMarVa and the Malts Cruise. From round-the-world adventures and ocean crossings, to social cruising and island hopping, there is something for everyone. World Cruising Club was born with the very first ARC in 1986, the first-ever ocean crossing rally. We now help more than 450 boats and 1200 people to achieve their sailing dreams every year. Some of our rallies are big on fun and big on people, others are more intimate. Whatever their size, our rallies all adhere to the original ethos of safe and social cruising. Our rally teams are all keen to ensure that everyone has a great time ashore and afloat; we know that rallies are more than simply sailing. Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Founded in 2000, the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) is the longest running global professional series in the sport of sailing, featuring world class sailors including America’s Cup and Olympic champions. WMRT is exclusively sanctioned with 'Special Event Status' by World Sailing, the sport's world governing body. The winner of the WMRT each year is crowned official Match Racing World Champion. The World Match Racing Tour has long been regarded by professional sailors as a pathway to the America’s Cup and as an opportunity for teams to hone their match racing skills and teamwork at the highest level. WMRT was originally founded as a match racing series for monohull yachts, and multihulls were introduced to the Tour in 2015. Teams compete in different boats at each stage of the World Match Racing Tour, however the boats supplied at each event are identical. To keep the competition 100% fair and equal, teams rotate boats during the event. This way, competing on the WMRT becomes purely about the skill and strategy of the sailors. The race courses are short with intense close to shore action providing host venues with an excellent opportunity to attract public spectators and hospitality guests to enjoy the racing up close.