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Anyways Racing Team Claims IRC 0 Class Championship at the 55th Turkish Naval Forces Cup
After the racingyachts.com team sold Anyways Racing Team their Cape 31, they capped off a whirlwind debut regatta by winning the IRC 0 class at the 55th Turkish Naval Forces Cup (Navy Cup), held July 11–14 and organized in partnership with TAYK 1971 and Güney Yarışı. The regatta was raced in two offshore legs: Leg 1 — Istanbul to Bozcaada: 165 nautical miles, completed in 1 day, 2 hours, and 34 minutes. 1st place, IRC 0. Leg 2 — Bozcaada to Çeşme: 100 nautical miles, complete

Racing Yachts Team
Jul 22


Khumbu Racing Win the Cape 31 UK National Championship 2026
That's a wrap on the Cape 31 UK National Championship 2026. After nine races over three days, Khumbu Racing sailed away with the national title in dominant fashion, while the battle for the rest of the podium went down to the final race of the regatta. A Dominant Title Run Khumbu Racing put together a commanding performance to take the National Championship, finishing on just 9 nett points — comfortably clear of the rest of the fleet after nine races. Podium Battle Goes to th

Racing Yachts Team
Jul 6


Leading from the Front:
How RacingYachts.com is Driving the Cape 31 UK Class When it comes to one-design racing on the Solent, few classes have captured the imagination quite like the Cape 31. Fast, colourful, and uncompromisingly competitive, the Cape 31 has built a passionate following across the globe — and at the heart of the UK class sits RacingYachts.com, the official service provider and global agent keeping the fleet firing on all cylinders. From Cape Town to Cowes: A Boat That Changed Every

Racing Yachts Team
Jun 5


Hispania TP52 Wins the Trofeo Conde de Godó on Its Debut
In a statement debut on the Mediterranean racing circuit, Hispania TP52 (Ex Vesper TP52) claimed overall victory in the ORC 0 class at the 53rd Trofeo de Vela Conde de Godó OOA, organised by the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona — one of the most prestigious offshore regattas in the Mediterranean. Against the stunning backdrop of the Barcelona skyline — with the Sagrada Família rising unmistakably on the horizon — Hispania demonstrated the kind of consistent, controlled sailing

Racing Yachts Team
Jun 3


Cape 31 UK: Thrilling Racing Keeps the Fleet Guessing in Poole Bay
at Poole Harbour Combined Yacht Clubs 23rd- 25th May · 5 Races Sailed Close competition, changing conditions, and a leaderboard that remained impossible to predict until the very end. The Cape 31 UK fleet delivered another spectacular weekend of racing in Poole Bay, with close competition, changing conditions, and a leaderboard that remained impossible to predict right up until the final gun. With 5 Different winners from 5 Different races, it was great to see the rest of th

Racing Yachts Team
May 26


Khumbu Dominates UK Cape 31 Round 1
at the Royal Yacht Squadron 8th- 10th May Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes · 9 Races Sailed Round 1 of the Cape 31 UK Race Circuit wrapped up in exactly the conditions the class was built for — a strong shifty north-easterly sweeping across the racecourse from 16 knots all the way into the mid-20s, producing fast, physical and relentlessly tactical racing from start to finish. Hosted by the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, the event delivered everything a Cape 31 sailor could ask

Racing Yachts Team
May 10


World's coolest yachts: MOD70 Phaedo
We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. British offshore racer Brian Thompson nominates MOD70 Phaedo. I’d choose the MOD70 without too much doubt because the boat is so beautifully thought out. It is a great combination of speed, safety (even though four of them have capsized!) and reliability. Of the seven that were built, I have sailed four of them, for hundreds of thousands of miles. They were born from th

Elaine Bunting
Mar 19


Coolest Yachts: Volvo Open 70 Camper
Chris Nicholson nominates the Volvo Open 70, Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand, as his Coolest Yacht. This is the yacht he skippered to 2nd place in the 2011/12 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, setting a new 24-hour monohull record of 565 miles along the way... “I’ve been fortunate to race on board and race against a great many boats I could nominate for my Coolest Yacht, but for me it would have to be the Volvo Open 70. And I if I had to narrow it down to one boat, it wo

Helen Fretter
Feb 3


Extraordinary Boats: Cape 31
The Cape 31 is a one-design yacht originally created for racing in South Africa, which has rapidly expanded with fleets around the world. Andy Rice chats to David Swete and Reports.


The Volvo 70's Second Life: How to Turn a Round-the-World Racer into an IRC Winner
This article draws on original reporting by Richard Gladwell for Sail-World, who interviewed Philippe Oulhen of Juan-K Design. Read Gladwell's original article here. For a design built to survive one lap of the planet, the Volvo Open 70 has proven remarkably durable — both structurally and competitively. Fifteen years after the last of three Volvo Ocean Races contested in the class wrapped up in 2012, several VO70s are still winning major offshore events on handicap, long aft


'Django' JPK 1180 heads to the UK 🇬🇧
JPK 1180 Django Trucking from King Marine Racingyachts.com were involved from start to finish in the sale of the JPK 1180 'Django'. We listed her following her Admiral's Cup Campaign, found her a new owner, flew to Valencia with the prospective owner to 'check her out' and then organised trucking and logistics to bring her to her new home where we will be waiting for her arrival. We are more then 'just brokers' and will continue to support her new owner with our vast knowledg

Racing Yachts Team
Dec 18, 2025


Imagine TP52 🇩🇪 off to a New Home.
Success as racingyachts.com sold the 2012 Botin TP 52 Imagine within a week of listing her. Having met the sellers while racing against 'Imagine' during the 2025 Admiral's Cup, we had a buyer already lined up for this fantastic racing machine and she is now on a truck heading south from the North of Germany.

Racing Yachts Team
Dec 13, 2025


EARLYBIRD sets flight as Cape 31 number 81 is launched 😎
EARLYBIRD is the latest team to join the Cape 31 Family and she set sail for an epic maiden Cape Town send 🚀 . Check out the video to see a Cape 31 doing what she was designed to do.

Racing Yachts Team
Dec 12, 2025


'Gallivanter' 🇬🇧 Cape 31 becomes 'Gecko d’or' 🇩🇪 following successful sale.
Following the sale of 'Gallivanter', racingyachts.com organised a full winch package upgrade, graphics, painting of keel/prod and trucking of the by-now 'Gecko d'or' to Palma, where she hit the ground running with her new crew and finished 6th out of 25 boats in the Cape 31 Europeans.

Racing Yachts Team
Oct 31, 2025


Historic Sweep: How the Cape 31 Beat the Big Boats at Cowes Week 2025
Beating IRC Class 1 and 2 to the Britannia Cup The standout result came on the Wednesday of race week, in the contest for the Britannia Cup — a trophy presented in 1951 by King George VI and traditionally reserved for the largest boats at the regatta. Sandy Askew's Cape 31 Flying Jenny beat 23 of the highest-rated IRC yachts in the fleet, including boats from IRC Classes 1 and 2, to take the win. It's a result with a wider significance too: Flying Jenny's name now goes up on

Mills Design
Oct 9, 2025


31 North Group launches RacingYachts.com
Racingyachts.com logo Following the sale of nearly 100 new and used Cape 31's, The 31 North Group have launched the website racingyachts.com which will see them take all of their knowledge, expertise and values into the global racing yacht sales market. The Racing Yachts Team will be made up of experts in their fields and will offer intimate knowledge of the boats that they will list.

Racing Yachts Team
Oct 5, 2025

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