The 2026 regatta calendar
With the end of the winter break and the start of the new season, Black Star Sailing is entering a new phase – characterized by experience gained, new ambitions, and a clear strategic direction. The months away from the regatta course were used to analyze existing structures and further develop the team in a targeted manner.
The racing calendar for 2026 has now been finalized: a total of four events in the RC44 class (44Cup) are on the program, supplemented by no fewer than nine regattas in the Cape 31 class. Particularly noteworthy this year is the participation in the Cape 31 UK Series – a series of races in the traditional waters along the south coast of England. After our first season last year on the Med Circuit, the switch to the UK Series offers new sailing challenges and a different, albeit not unfamiliar, environment: tidal waters with varied conditions and a strong lineup that will further promote the team’s development. In addition, the Cape 31 UK Series offers the remarkable advantage that most of the events keep the logistical effort manageable, as they are limited to a few locations in the British Solent.
With the decision to switch to the Cape 31 UK Series campaign in Great Britain, Black Star Sailing is opening a new chapter for itself – while building on its previous experience. The team also remains committed and focused in the RC44 class, with a presence at the events of the international 44Cup racing series.
Our calendar is continuously updated with previews, results, and background information. It is therefore worth checking back regularly, especially for those who want to follow Black Star Sailing’s progress throughout the year.
1. 44Cup Calero Marinas
Lanzarote, Spain
2026 | no participation
2. Puntaldia
22 – 26 April 2026
Puntaldia, Sardinia, Italy
3. 44Cup Marstrand
24 – 28 June 2026
Marstrand, Sweden
4. 44CUP 2026 World Championship Cowes
23 – 27 September 2026
Cowes, Great Britain
5. 44Cup Cartagena
4 – 8 November 2026
Cartagena, Spain
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Detailed information about the RC44 regatta events can be found on the official 44Cup website.
Palma Winter Series | Act 3
27 February – 1 March 2026
Palma, Mallorca, Spain
Princess Sofia Trophy Palma
24 – 27 March 2026
Palma, Mallorca, Spain
Round 1 – Royal Yacht Sqadron
8 – 10 May 2026
Cowes, Great Britain
Round 2 – IRC Europeans poole
22 – 24 May 2026
Poole, Great Britain
Round 3 – UK Summer Series
12 – 14 June 2026
Hamble, Great Britain
Round 4 – UK Championship
4 – 7 July 2026
Hamble, Great Britain
Round 5 – Cowes Week
2 – 4 August 2026
Cowes, Great Britain
Round 6 – Season Finale/VAC
11 – 13 September 2026
Cowes, Great Britain
World Championship 2026
12 – 18 October 2026
TBD.
2025
Results 44Cup – 2025
7th Place Overall
6. Place 44Cup World Championship 2025 Scheveningen
7. Place 44Cup Marstrand
5. Place 44Cup Porto Cervo
No participation 44Cup Nanny Cay
44Cup World Championship 2026 Scheveningen
44Cup World Championship 2025 Scheveningen, 27 – 31 August 2025, The Hague, Netherlands | With the start of the second half of the 2025 season, a major event is just around the corner: the RC44 Class World Championship. This regatta is the highlight of the regatta year for many reasons. After many different venues in […]
Cape 31 Imperia Regatta
Cape 31 Med Circuit 2025 – Round 4: Imperia Regatta, 18 – 20 July 2025, Imperia, Italy | After the fresh breezes and long days in the far north at the RC44 Regatta in Marstrand, Black Star Sailing is now setting course for the south again. From 18 to 20 July, we will be visiting Imperia […]
44Cup Marstrand 2025
44Cup Marstrand, 24 – 28 June 2025, Marstrand, Sweden | With the fourth regatta of the current 44Cup season, Black Star Sailing returns to a place that has long been a fixture on the calendar: Marstrand. For the fourth time, we are traveling with our RC44 yacht to the far north, where Sweden’s west coast […]
Cape 31 Porquerolles Regatta
Cape 31 Med Circuit 2025 – Round 2: Porquerolles Regatta, May 28 – June 1, 2025, Porquerolles, France | No sooner have the last lines been hauled in at the 44Cup Porto Cervo than the Cape 31 team from Black Star Sailing is off to the next regatta: from 28 May to 1 June, the […]
44Cup Porto Cervo 2025
44Cup Porto Cervo, 14–18 May 2025, Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy | The event in Porto Cervo marks the start of the 2025 RC44 season for Black Star Sailing – and with a special focus. As the regatta in Nanny Cay, originally planned as the season opener, was cancelled, the team decided to invest the time […]
Princess Sofia Regatta Palma 2025
Cape 31 Princess Sofia Regatta Palma, 28 – 30 March 2025, Palma, Mallorca, Spain | After an extended but intensively used winter break, we are already on the final straight for the first regatta of the 2025 season. We will be competing in this regatta with our new Cape 31 yacht in Mallorca, where the […]
2024
Results 44Cup 2024
8th place overall
8. Place 44Cup Nanny Cay
3. Place 44Cup 2024 World Championship Brunnen
8. Place 44Cup Marstrand
3. Place 44Cup Baiona
7. Place 44Cup Calero Marinas
44Cup NANNY CAY 2024
44Cup Nanny Cay, 20 – 24 November, Nanny Cay, British Virgin Islands | The 44Cup is coming to another highlight of the season finale in 2024 in the picturesque surroundings of Nanny Cay, one of the most famous sailing centres in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). The small marina on Tortola, the largest island in […]
44Cup World Championship 2024 Brunnen
44Cup 2024 World Championship Brunnen, 21 – 25 August, Brunnen, Switzerland | The highlight of the 44Cup event calendar is undoubtedly always the World Championship, because it means additional spectacle and thrills to the limit for everyone involved. This year, the 44Cup race management has chosen a special location for the World Championship. For the […]
44Cup Marstrand 2024
44Cup Marstrand 2024, 29 – 23 June, Marstrand, Sweden | The third stop in the 2024 44Cup race series once again takes us to idyllic Marstrand. The paradisiacal island off Sweden’s west coast offers perfect conditions. It is not without reason that Marstrand is one of the most important regatta destinations far and wide and […]
44Cup Baiona 2024
44Cup Baiona 2024, 8 – 12 May, Baiona, Galicia, Spain | The 2024 season is fast approaching. With spring, warm temperatures and sailing weather are returning to our latitudes. The next regatta in the RC44 calendar is already taking place much further north than the start event on Lanzarote. With the 44Cup Baiona, however, the […]
44Cup Calero Marinas 2024
44Cup Calero Marinas 2024, 28 February – 3 March, Porto Calero, Lanzarote, Canary Island, Spain | The first regatta of the RC44 class in the still young 2024 takes us back to Lanzarote. What has proven itself multiple times in past years will also be carried out this winter: The 44Cup begins at the same […]
2023
Results GC32 Racing Tour 2023
2th place overall
2. place GC32 Lagos
Results 44Cup 2023
7th place overall
7. Place 44Cup Calero Marinas
3. Place 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina
7. Place 44Cup World Championship Cowes
6. Place 44Cup Marstrand
8. Place 44Cup Oman
44Cup Calero Marinas 2023
44Cup Calero Marinas, 22 – 26 November 2023, Porto Calero, Lanzarote, Spain | The 44Cup tour calendar takes us to Lanzarote as the venue for the last regatta in 2024. At the end of the year, the Canary Islands are a welcome location for an RC44 regatta, as the temperatures there are warmer than in […]
44Cup Alcaidesa Marina 2023
44Cup Alcaidesa Marina, 18 – 22 October 2023, La Línea de la Concepción, Spain | With the 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina, the 2023 season in the RC44 class and thus also for Black Star Sailing enters its second last event. The later a regatta takes place in the year, the more the venues move south for […]
44Cup World Championship Cowes 2023
The next regatta of the 44Cup will take us to Cowes, a small harbour town on the north side of the Isle of Wight in the English Channel. This venue is not only an absolute novelty for the Black Star Sailing Team – it is also only the second time that the RC44 class regatta […]
44Cup Marstrand 2023
After the 44Cup Oman, the RC44 racing circus returns to Europe. With the 44Cup Marstrand on the paradisiacal island of Marstrand off the west coast of Sweden, the next regatta will take place at the most visited venue of the RC44 racing series. The Black Star Sailing Team made a detour to Portugal before this […]
GC32 Lagos Cup 2023
GC32 Lagos Cup, 21 – 25 June 2023, Lagos, Portugal | At last the time is here: With the GC32 Lagos Cup another regatta with our hydrofoiling catamaran is just around the corner. After almost a year since our triumph at the GC32 World Championship, the Black Star Sailing Team returns to Portugal to compete […]
44Cup Oman 2023, Muscat
44Cup Oman, 1 – 5 March 2023, Muscat, Oman | With the new year, Black Star Sailing kicks off a new season – and we’re already in the swing of things. The first event on the 2023 calendar takes us back to Muscat, which makes sense in that good and, above all, warm sailing conditions […]
2022
Results GC32 Racing Tour 2022
2th place overall
1. place GC32 World Championship | World Champion 2022
5. place GC32 Lagos
3. place GC32 Riva
Results 44Cup 2022
8th place overall
6. Place 44Cup Oman
8. Place 44Cup World Championship Portorož
8. place 44Cup Marstrand
8. place 44Cup Cascais
44Cup Oman, Muscat
7 – 11 December 2022: As the final event of the 44Cup 2022 and the last regatta in the Black Star Sailing calendar, we are expected in Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman. While the football world looks to Qatar, the season finale of the RC44 boat class will take place not far away, […]
44Cup World Championship, Portorož
12 – 16 October 2022: After a long summer break the Black Star Sailing Team is back on the water. We are expected first in Slovenia for the world championship of the RC44 boat class. This is not the first time that the 44Cup race series has visited Slovenia. But the fact that the RC44 […]
GC32 World Championship, Lagos
13 – 17 July 2022: With a line-up of ten teams, the GC32 World Championship has returned to its pre-pandemic size. The list of participants reads accordingly, including SailGP teams, America’s Cup winners and challengers. The GC32 World Championship 2022 therefore once again gives rise to much anticipation.
44Cup Marstrand
29 June – 3 July 2022: With the 44Cup Marstrand we are heading for our second regatta in the RC44 boat class. After our baptism of fire at the 44Cup Cascais, we have examined our performance and are now trying to improve our procedures and technique.
GC32 Lagos
22 – 26 June 2022: After a successful start to the GC32 Racing Tour 2022 in Riva del Garda, we are looking forward to Portugal. At the GC32 Lagos Cup as the second regatta in the GC32 class, we hope to improve again and defend our place on the podium of the overall ranking.
GC32 Riva
25 – 29 May 2022: With the 44Cup Cascais behind us, we now have the opening event of the GC32 Racing Tour 2022 ahead of us. Our event calendar is quite full with our participation in two race series. There is plenty to do for our team on land and on the water. Find out more:
44Cup Cascais
11 – 15 May 2022: The 2022 season is already in full swing. And with it comes our first regatta and with it our first acid test. As 44Cup newcomers, we can prove ourselves in Cascais in Portugal with our extended RC44 crew.
2021
Results GC32 Racing Tour 2021
3rd place overall ranking
2. place GC32 Mar Menor Cup
4. place GC32 Villasimius World Championship
2. place GC32 Lagos Cup II
4. place GC32 Lagos Cup I
The four regattas of the GC32 Racing Tour 2021 were successfully completed by Black Star Sailing. With two 2nd places, the team not only stood on the podium twice, but was also able to enjoy 3rd place overall. Read more under NEWS or right here under PAST EVENTS.
Regatta 4: GC32 Mar Menor Cup
3 – 7 November 2021: For its last event at the beginning of November, the GC32 racing circus chose Mar Menor, a location that offers exceptionally mild temperatures, not only due to its southern location.
Regatta 3: GC32 Villasimius World Championship
15 – 19 September 2021: With the World Championship in Sardinia the GC32 Racing Tour is heading for the highlight of the season. For the participants the tension is at a maximum, because in the events contested so far the performance of the individual teams became more and more balanced and the races were won by changing teams.
Regatta 1 + 2: GC32 Lagos Cup (I / II)
June & August 2021: After more than 18 months break the GC32 Racing Tour opens the 2021 racing season in Portugal with 2 regattas in a row.
2020
M32 European Champion 2020
Unexpected success for our GC32 team at the M32 European Championship 2020 in Riva del Garda: Black Star Sailing wins the most races and beats the international lineup in the overall ranking!
2020 – We say thank you!
2020 – We say thank you! With 2020, an extraordinary year in every respect will soon come to an end. Because hardly anything took place as planned at the beginning, we learned a lot, achieved a few things, and were rewarded for our efforts with a title. At the end of this remarkable year, the […]
M32 European Champion 2020
EUROPEAN CHAMPION! We have done it! The Black Star Sailing Team wins the M32 European Championship 2020! The intensive trainings on the Lake of Uri and in Denmark have paid off: With the victory of the European Championship of the M32 class from September 4th to 6th, 2020 in Riva del Garda in Italy we have […]
Take-off in the primal Switzerland
Actually the GC32 is not really new anymore. Nevertheless even die-hard sailors are “out of their minds” as soon as one of these foiling catamarans can be observed in full speed.The appearance of the Black Star on Lake Lucerne was accordingly sensational. Our short announcement video was watched 6000 times within a short time. And […]
Cancelled: GC32 Oman Cup, Muscat, Oman
25 – 29 March 2020: GC32 OMAN CUP CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS On 7 March 2020, the Omani Ministry of Health issued a directive calling for the suspension or postponement of all international events and conferences within the Sultanate until further notice. As a result, the GC32 Oman Cup organiser Oman Sail and the organisers […]
2019
Regatta 5: GC32 Oman Cup, Muscat, Oman
5 – 9 November 2019: Muscat will host the fifth and final regatta of the GC32 Racing Tour 2019 (Start: Wednesday, 6 November 13:00 (local time)). The GC32 Oman Cup will decide which of the favourites will take the overall victory and thus the GC32 Racing Tour title. The fact that Team Oman Air is […]
Local visit: Promotion event in Zurich
20 – 29 September 2019: Beside the official events of the GC32 Racing Tour the Black Star Sailing Catamaran will be present at further stations. As a highlight of the 2019 season Black Star Sailing comes to Zurich! The Black Star Sailing yacht will be brought to the Limmat city, set up and then sails […]
Regatta 4: GC32 Riva Cup, Riva del Garda, Lake Garda, Italy
11 – 15 September 2019: The fourth stop of the GC32 Racing Tour 2019 is Riva del Garda at Lake Garda in Italy.It is as well as tradition that the GC32 Racing Tour stops in the picturesque harbour town in order to hold a regatta under the mostly excellent conditions. The organizers and the hosts […]
Regatta 3: 38 Copa del REY MAPFRE, Palma, Mallorca, Spain
30 July – 4 August 2019: The third regatta of the GC32 Racing Tour 2019 takes us to Palma. In the Balearic capital the Copa del Rey MAPFRE will be held for the 38th time in early August – and the GC32 Racing Tour is part of it. The Copa del Rey MAPFRE is a […]
Regatta 2: GC32 World Championship 2019, Lagos
27 – 30 June 2019: The next stop on the GC32 Racing Tour 2019 is the historic port of Lagos in Portugal. The second GC32 Regatta Event will be the official World Championship. The World Championship will be held for the second time in 2019 after the GC32 Racing Tour was officially approved by World […]
Regatta 1: GC32 Villasimius Cup
22 – 26 May 2019: The start of the GC32 Racing Tour season 2019 will take place in Italy, more precisely in Villasimius at the most southeastern point of the island of Sardinia. The so-called GC32 Villasimius Cup will take place in front of the Marina di Villasimius near the maritime protected area Capo Carbonara. […]