What you can find in the May 2025 issue of the Journal of Sailing

Finally. The May 2025 issue of the Sailing Newspaper (issue 552, from back in 1975!) is on newsstands and digitally by downloading our free app(here if you have iOS, here for Android). We tell you about it in advance!

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We tell you about everything below in the new May issue of the Sailing Newspaper!

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Sailing party 50 Sailing Newspaper – at Marina Cala de’ Medici – Saturday, May 24

Dear “sealovers” and friends of the Sailing Newspaper. GdV’s 50th Anniversary Sailing Party is for all of you. An all-day party where you can admire – and challenge – fantastic boats, meet the strongest sailors of the moment and of the past, and even enjoy one of the most beautiful sailing films ever made in the presence of the director.

A unique opportunity to experience a special velaweekend. You can’t miss it!

SAILING FROM 0 TO 100 YEARS – Over 60

Through the account of our 61-year-old Marco Cohen and the stories of “wonderful” sailors over 60, in these pages we show you how sailing is perfect for all ages, especially the third age. It is one of the very few activities where the “physical decline” due to age is largely offset by experience.

SAILING FROM 0 TO 100 YEARS – Under 30

How young people go sailing, what their myths are, what events they follow, what needs to change in sailing today. 19-year-old Rebecca Geiger, the face of our VELA Young channel, explains.

Special Ports

Italy has almost 8,000 kilometers of coastline to offer recreational boating, almost all of them rich in beauty: but they are, of course, only the tip of the iceberg of what the destination can offer the nautical tourist. Marinas are the “collector” and the entry point for this flow of tourism, national and otherwise, which is intended to be made ever wider.

THE BOATS.

Wally Rocket 51 – The First Racing Wally.

We have been aboard the Wally Rocket 51, a pure racing superboat, born to race in One Design but also versatile for offshore trials under IRC and ORC regulations. She is part of the Italian team at the Admiral’s Cup in England.

Grand Soleil Blue – Eco, micro, maxi

For the first time Grand Soleil enters the weekender world, it does so with a sustainability-conscious 10-meter with true superyacht solutions and excellent performance.

And many more: the first Swan-San Lorenzo 54 megayacht, the Andaman electric catamarans, Cape 26, Y6 356, Cirrus 68, Pogo RC…

ATTACK TO COPPA – SailGP arrives – Sailing like Formula 1

An America’s Cup losing pieces between withdrawals and uncertainties about time and place, against the growing success of the SailGP format, which attracts the strongest Cup sailors and fills the waterfront grandstands with stadium cheers. Attention America’s Cup, history is not enough…

INQUIRY – New boat, spend less

With the funds earmarked for tax credits, confirmed in Budget Law 2025, and with the advice of a specialized financial expert, it is possible to get to buy a new boat by getting tax relief up to more than 50 percent.

Tax credits, long-term rentals, boats on prompt delivery, and management contracts are options that can be combined for great advantages in the new market for individuals and businesses in recreational boating.

How to get them? We explain with advice from Giovanni Tarantino, CEO of Race Nautica Marine, a leading boat sales company and official importer of Fountaine Pajot, Dufour Yacht and Solaris.

Join the CLASSIC BOAT CLUB.

Here comes a new venue for all lovers of beautiful boats. Here’s how, with or without a boat, you can be part of it too. Find out how it works and all the benefits that come with it.

ADJUSTING THE TREE For better sailing.

The shrouds, backstay, and forestay are essential to change the shape of the sails and adapt it to various sea and wind conditions. And for the more advanced we also go to find out what the mast jack is for.

REGATES

All the best, rankings and updates from Italian (and other) regattas held this month.

VELA Cup – In Salento comes the regatta for all

Want an idea to spend the June 2 bridge on a boat? Come to the VELA Cup Puglia in Brindisi: do the regatta and spend a festive weekend at sea!

What you need on board ALWAYS DRY

Weatherproof bags, backpacks, fanny packs. In any situation protecting one’s belongings from water, spray and moisture is a top priority, but on a boat it is even more so. In fact, the marine environment puts a strain on every item on board: sudden rain, waves, condensation-but especially the underestimated humidity in the air-can easily damage anything that is not properly protected.

IN PRACTICE – Squalls? No thanks!

The Yacht Safety Management System, the sailing and motor boat safety protocol devised by SoloSailor Andrea Lodolo, devotes an important part to bad weather. We have collected his practical advice on how to prepare and how to manage the boat and crew in difficult conditions and the checklist, which can be customized, to follow when the disturbance arrives. A very useful list, especially in view of your spring sailing in the Mediterranean, where sudden changes in weather are the order of the day.

Discover Kvarner – CUSTOM DESTINATION

Between the charming islands of Krk, Rab, Cres, and Losinj and the magnificent seaside towns such as Opatija and Crikvenica and Rijeka, the unique beauty of the Kvarner Gulf is unleashed: it is Croatia’s closest and ever-loved.

What else is in the May 2025 issue of the Sailing Journal

• Baby Boomer and Generation Z sailors compared
• This is the reference point for Swans in Italy
• SPACE vs. VOLUME. What do you prefer on your boat?
• The adventure is the adventure
• A sustainable marina is not only “green”
• How I protect your hull 360°.
• If the accident becomes a spectacle

And much, much more!

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