AMAALA Yacht Club
Located on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, AMAALA Yacht Club has been designed to be a global hub for wellness, tourism and sport. It will host the finish of The Ocean Race in 2027. In addition to this event, AMAALA Yacht Club is developing a robust annual calendar of regattas, training programs, and high-profile invitational events, positioning itself not only as a luxury marina but as a dynamic race organizer. AMAALA Yacht Club will feature a marina entirely powered by renewable energy and over 1,300 hotel rooms.
Host partner
Metstrade
The Metstrade Show is the world’s largest trade exhibition of marine equipment, materials and systems. We are the only truly international B2B exhibition for the marine leisure industry and have served as a platform for innovation, market developments and networking since our launch in 1988.
Partners
SailGP
The most exciting racing on water, the Rolex SailGP Championship is a global championship with national teams battling it out in identical high-tech, high-speed 50-foot foiling catamarans at iconic venues around the world. Racing faster than the wind at speeds exceeding 100 km/h // 60mph, the Rolex SailGP Championship is driven by the sport’s top athletes, with national pride, personal glory, and bonus prize money of US$12 million at stake. Powered by nature – wind, sea and sun – driven by purpose, SailGP races for a better future.
Visit SailGP.com to find out more.
Nuncas
Nuncas, a historic, family-owned Italian company and leader in high-end home care products, is pleased to announce the new Nuncas Marine line, designed specifically for the nautical world. This innovative collection, which is biodegradable in marine waters, has been created with passion and dedication to offer specific, safe and environmentally friendly solutions for boat care and maintenance.
The Nuncas Marine line represents the perfect combination of cutting-edge technology and a deep understanding of materials, offering products designed to meet the specific needs of boat cleaning and maintenance, as well as fabric and personal care. Each product in the Nuncas Marine line comes from a meticulous selection of suppliers and raw materials of natural origin. But Nuncas’ commitment goes further: this line was conceived as a true gesture of respect for the marine environment. Completely biodegradable in marine waters, Nuncas Marine products stand out in the industry for this unique feature, which ensures that no harmful residues remain in the water.
Sponsors
FT Technologies
FT wind sensors are fast response, impact resistant, water-tight and highly accurate. Trusted by performance sailing teams in ocean racing classes such as Class 40, IMOCA, Ocean 50 and Ultim. FT’s unique Acoustic Resonance (Acu-Res®) technology is fundamentally different to other ultrasonic wind sensors on the market, delivering exceptionally high levels of data availability even in changing conditions.
BENETEAU
BENETEAU is committed to offering a multitude of exclusive services to its boaters and gracefully puts 136 years of expertise at the heart of a long-lasting relationship.
Spinlock
Based in Cowes, UK, Spinlock is an independent and innovative company, designing and manufacturing performance products in their CONTROL, PROTECT and SENSE categories. With customers at every level of the yachting, boating and watersports sectors, Spinlock enjoys bringing experience with these groups to all aspects of its design and product development.
Gurit
Gurit supplies advanced composite materials to the full spectrum of marine projects worldwide including industry-leading structural core materials, prepregs, adhesives, coatings, as well as laminating and infusion systems.
The versatility and resilience of Gurit products, coupled with unrivalled in-house technical support and extensive composite engineering knowledge, delivers a solution that is finely tuned to customer requirements, whether that is improved quality, more efficient production, reduced weight or higher performance.
Official Clothes Supplier
MUSTO
Founded in the UK in 1964, Musto is the world’s number one performance sailing brand and a global leader in outdoor clothing apparel. As the first sailing brand ever to partner with GORE-TEX, Musto sets the bar for innovation on the water, taking insights drawn from the best sailors in the world, who win Olympic medals, circumnavigate the globe, and battle some of the most volatile environments on the planet.
The lessons we learn out at sea, empower our performance on land, as we work with the best fabric technologies on the market to deliver kit that can handle extreme adventures on solid ground, and lifestyle clothing that delivers both style and substance.
When you wear Musto, it’s more than a product. You’re wearing thousands of hours of experience in the harshest conditions with the best athletes. In the real world and in the lab, we push our products to their absolute limit, to ensure our customers remain safe, protected, and able to perform at their best in any environment.
Supporters
Pindar by Manuport Logistics
Pindar by Manuport Logistics is a strategic joint venture between UK based Pindar & Co. and Antwerp based Manuport Logistics NV. The partnership merges Pindar & Co’s understanding of the needs of marine industry customers with the freight forwarding experience of leading international logistics provider Manuport, who have offices in over 25 countries. Having successfully delivered the logistics for numerous nautical events over the last 15 years on every continent, including the last 3 editions of The Volvo Ocean Race; 4 editions of the Americas Cup; 7 editions of Extreme Sailing Series; 5 editions of GC32 Series and the last 2 editions of the SB20 Worlds Championships, the Pindar by Manuport Logistics team are well placed to support you in whatever logistics requirements you may require. To contact the team for more information email manuport-logistics@pindar.co
Institutional Partners
World Sailing
World Sailing is the world governing body for the sport of sailing, officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It’s responsible for the promotion of the sport internationally, managing sailing at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, developing the Racing Rules of Sailing and regulations for all sailing competitions, the training of judges, umpires and other administrators, the development of the sport around the world and representing the sailors in all matters concerning the sport.
The Magenta Project
The Magenta Project is a collective of passionate people committed to developing pathways and generating opportunities for more equity and inclusion in sailing, leading with gender. We work with a wide range of individuals and organisations to make a positive and progressive impact on our sport, from grassroots initiatives to partnerships with international events and leagues.
Offshore Racing Congress
The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) is the world’s leading measurement-based rating system, recognized by World Sailing and used in 45 countries. With over 14,000 certificates issued annually, ORC provides fair and scientific handicaps for a wide range of boats, from Sportboats to Superyachts and Multihulls. ORC’s mission is to ensure all boats have an equal chance to win, using advanced VPP-based technology to rate performance. The system governs offshore and inshore racing worldwide, including ORC World and Continental Championships. www.orc.org
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS CLUB
As the marine industry increasingly shifts its focus toward young professionals, Metstrade 2025 is proud to expand its program to better serve and inspire the next generation of talent. We are especially excited to welcome The Magenta Project to the Young Professionals Club for the upcoming edition. Known for its impactful talent development programs, The Magenta Project will host a series of engaging workshops during the show. With a focus on STEM workshops.
https://www.metstrade.com/stages-and-specials/young-professionals-club
ICOMIA
ICOMIA is an international non-profit membership organisation serving the recreational boating industry. Our members are national recreational marine industry associations and businesses supporting the industry. We are the voice of the recreational marine industry worldwide.
Media Partners
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Why Partner, Sponsor or Exhibit at YRF?
The Yacht Racing Forum provides the perfect environment to showcase your brand or products, and to meet the right people face to face. It offers an ideal opportunity to boost your company’s profile among an influential and decision making audience comprising athletes, teams or event sponsors, boat owners, venues, designers or builders, insurance companies, technical providers, organisers of all types and sizes of events and much more.
Partner and Sponsorship Benefits
You are invited to take advantage of a number of partner and sponsorship packages. The opportunities are diverse and vary in price and style, to appeal to a wide range of companies who wish to raise their profile at the YRF and directly generate sales among their target markets. Partnership or sponsorship of this conference will provide you with a high profile opportunity to strengthen market awareness of your products and services as well as highlighting your position as a key industry leader.
By participating in YRF as a partner, sponsor or exhibitor, you will be placing yourselves at the heart of the debate and ensure your solutions, services or products are at the forefront of the participants’ attention and consideration.
