Sailing News

Heading to your local sailing club for the weekend racing?

Heading down to the sailing club for the weekend racing? No doubt you will be taking part in your club’s Olympic Mixed One-Person Dinghy Event or Mixed Two Person Dinghy

2019 Finn Calendar

A 2019 calendar featuring some of the best Finn Class images, which have been artistically interpreted by Igor Anisforov, has been published

Star Sailors League announce a Nations Gold Cup event

The Star Sailors League has officially presented their innovative global sailing event concept at the Yacht Racing Forum in Lorient – The event involving 140 countries with a final for 40 countries in one-design monohull 45 footers

Invictus Games – Sailing Gold for Australia and France

Australia and France took the debut sailing Gold medals at the Invictus Games in Sydney

The Role of Weather in Sailing

In the October Mainsail, Shirley Robertson travels around the world to investigate the role of weather – and the trouble it brings – in sailing – Video here

Artemis announce zero-emissions, green-powered commercial vessel

A zero-emissions, green-powered commercial vessel, capable of carrying 50 passengers & travelling at a top speed of 50 knots (30 knots cruising speed) – here’s how it works!

World Sailing heading for a bleak winter

Autumn approaches, the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, and the World Sailing annual meeting in Sarasota, Florida in early November . . . Sailing approaches this meeting with considerable trepidation, with World Sailing the governing body for the sport of sailing in disarray.

World Sailing heading for a bleak winter

World Sailing heading for a bleak winter – with World Sailing the governing body for the sport of sailing in disarray

Sir Russell Coutts
SailGP Global Racing League Unveiled

London launch of the SailGP International league to feature six national teams, visiting five iconic, inshore venues starting with Sydney in February 2019

Sir Keith Mills to back new Sailing League

Sir Keith Mills is to back new sailing league being founded by Larry Ellison and Russell Coutts in a class of foiling 50-foot catamarans

World Sailing faces losing credibility and influence

World Sailing Board has agreed that without improvements to its governance it faces losing credibility and influence

UK Sport looks at elite sport funding

UK Sport launches public consultation to determine whether Britain should overhaul the way it funds elite sport