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Nami 波

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Sail-World (Worldwide)J/70 North American Championship 2026 Annapolis native James Golden has won the 2026 J/70 North American Championship aboard Sagara, sailing alongside his father, Jim Golden, Willem van Waay and Steve Hunt.

Sail-World (Worldwide)One generation hands the baton to the next A volunteer-led rebuild, Epigen's sails and entry support, and a Youth Selection Regatta win have given five young Victorian sailors a place on the world stage.

Sail-World (Worldwide)Pwllheli Autumn Challenge Series overall Pwllheli Sailing Club's Autumn Series reached its finale over the weekend of 31 October-1 November, with four races in Tremadog Bay delivering champagne sailing, changing fortunes and some…

Sail-World (Worldwide)Francesca Clapcich in Route du Rhum - Day 1 After her first night at sea onboard 11th Hour Racing, Francesca is holding eighth place in the 22-strong IMOCA fleet, as she continues downwind at a position about 100 nm southwest of the Fastnet…

Sail-World (Worldwide)Star Worlds ready to take centre stage in Miami In one week, the first warning signal will sound on Biscayne Bay as the 2026 Star World Championship Presented by Schoonmaker gets under way in Miami.

Sail-World (Worldwide)Lincoln IOM Winter Series round 1 Thick fog and no breeze on the journey from Burton on Trent for the trip to Lincoln for Rd1 of the MDWS; well at least until we turned into the club lake, where we met with a nice top suit breeze and…

Sail-World (Worldwide)Merlin Rocket Silver Tiller at Brightlingsea Saturday 31st October dawned chilly and still, but as the tide came in at Brightlingsea Sailing Club and the sun came out, a 6-8knot breeze built from the east.

Sail-World (Worldwide)Sardinia Team Race Worlds 2026 overall France claims its second consecutive OpenSkiff Team Racing world title in Cagliari, defeating Italy 1 of Lega Navale del Sulcis in the final.

Sail-World (Worldwide)Spectacular Start to the Route du Rhum It was a picture-perfect start in bright Autumn sunshine off Saint Malo as the 115-boat fleet started the 3,542 nautical mile Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe on Sunday 1st November at 1.02pm…

Sail-World (Worldwide)2026 Australian Sailing Awards Double Olympic champion Matt Wearn OAM OLY has claimed his fourth Australian Male Sailor of the Year title, leading a successful night for the Australian Sailing Team at the 2026 Australian Sailing…

Sail-World (Worldwide)AC Recon: Oct 31: Kiwis have a ripper We've seen Emirates Team NZ sail their AC75, now sold to Team Australia, training alone in these conditions ahead of the 2021 America's Cup - and from the photoboat, it was an impressive display of…

Sail-World (Worldwide)Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe start After a picture perfect start in bright Autumn sunshine and light, favourable winds off Saint Malo in Northern Brittany it is many of the pre-race favourites who are leading the 115 boat Route du…

Sail-World (Worldwide)Team Malizia's Boris Herrmann is Off Under sunny skies and light winds, Team Malizia skipper Boris Herrmann took a clean start in the 13th Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe.

Sail-World (Worldwide)Francesca Clapcich sets off on Route du Rhum At 1302 CET (1202 UTC) Francesca Clapcich crossed the start line of the 13th edition of the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe, the solo transatlantic race.

Sail-World (Worldwide)Melbourne to Devonport Yacht Race 2026 There is never a dull moment in sailing and this year's Melbourne to Devonport Rudder Cup had its fair share of challenges with the ultimate winners, as always, the weather gods and the mighty Bass…

Sail-World (Worldwide)Illusion racing continues at Bembridge Late neap tides over the weekend meant that only normal racing on Saturday afternoon was programmed. In the event eighteen Illusions enjoyed a glorious autumnal day with lots of sun and a Force 3…

Sail-World (Worldwide)DF95 Autumn Series at Barton's Point week 5 With Dave Adams off on his successful DF95 campaign in South Africa family rivalry at home in Kent saw Adrian Tomlinson thrown off his throne by prince in waiting, his younger brother David.

Sail-World (Worldwide)LGT Wealth Management Australia Cup Overall David Doherty's Matador and Karl Kwok's Beau Ideal claimed the major divisional honours at the LGT Wealth Management Australia Cup, when the 12-race series was completed on Sydney Harbour on Sunday 1…

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About

A dock at six in the morning tells you more than a launch party at eight in the evening.

I crewed for ten years and delivered other people's yachts across the Mediterranean before I wrote a word about them. I have been seasick in front of guests I was meant to impress. I have watched a yard in Viareggio spend nine months on a hull nobody will ever see. Nami (波) means wave, and this is a magazine about boats — I intend to go on calling them boats.

So that is what gets read here: around ninety sources out of Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Americas and Japan, in Italian, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Japanese and English. Yards, crews, naval architects, the small classics moored beside the hundred-metre houses. Prices appear when the price is genuinely the story, which is rarer than the brochures imply.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out to the people who reported it. Nothing is reprinted whole. The photographs stay with whoever took them. A Dutch yard writes in Dutch and it stays in Dutch here. The link goes straight to them.

— Olivia Stay, Antibes and Tokyo Bay