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Tech & Innovation

Pretty Fly: How Ocean Racers Learned to Fly

Picture a 60-foot monohull in the middle of the ocean, 29 metres of mast above an enclosed cockpit, doing 35 knots with almost none of its hull touching the water. No crew on deck. No engine. Just wind, two thin carbon blades slicing through the surface, and a skipper below decks trusting their autopilot to steer their boat faster than most of us have ever dreamt going in a yacht.

September 11, 2026 Vito Feremans

Tech & Innovation

Where Time and Tide Meet: Rolex, the CYCA, and a Partnership Forged at Sea

As Rolex marks a century of the Oyster, the world’s first waterproof wristwatch, Offshore Online looks back at 24 years of partnership between Rolex and the CYCA, and the Club’s premier event, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

August 5, 2026 Dave Lyall

Tech & Innovation

Sailing’s gathering of minds in the name of better beacons

GME and the CYCA brought together elite sailors and marine safety experts for a workshop on the future of emergency beacons.

July 21, 2026 Dave Lyall

Tech & Innovation

The Geometry of Performance with Jim Pugh

The 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Program featured the following interview with Jim Pugh, co-founder and president of Reichel/Pugh, tracing the company’s beginnings and its evolution into designing some of the fastest boats on the planet.

May 22, 2026 Vito Feremans

Tech & Innovation

It’s a Wild Thing

The 2023 summer edition of Offshore investigates the modifications made to Wild Thing 100, to transform it from 80 to 100 feet.

May 22, 2026 Vito Feremans