Sailing News

AC37 Ineos Ben Ainslie
Ben Ainslie . . . ‘Boat B’ is just a click faster than ‘Boat A’

INEOS Britannia started digging into a conundrum that’s bothered the team since the arrival of their second AC40 for the two-boat race practise programme, why is one faster?

Superyacht Cup Namuun
Superyacht Cup Palma makes flying start to 2024

Superyacht Cup Palma makes flying start to 2024 with a trio of first-time entrants

2024 ILCA7 Worlds Tomasgaard NOR
ILCA 7 Mens World Championship – Norway’s Hermann Tomasgaard takes early lead

Flying start for Micky Beckett on the first day of the ILCA 7 2024 Mens World Championship in Adelaide.

Entry for the 2024 Round The Island Race is now Open

Entry is now open for the the Island Sailing Club (ISC)  2024 edition of Britain’s Favourite Yacht Race, the Round the Island Race

iQFOiL 2024 World Championship – Big test for Wilson and Sills ahead of Paris Olympics

Lanzarote’s Marina Rubicón is ready to host the iQFOiL 2024 World Championship, the second of the Paris Olympic classes to hold their championship early in this Olympic year.

ILCA7 Worlds 2024
ILCA 7 Mens World Championship – Ready for the Off

The ILCA 7 Men’s Worlds in Adelaide, Australia is starting Friday 26 January.

World Sailing
World Sailing confirms participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in international competition

World Sailing confirms participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in international competition

AC37 Ineos Mission Control
Mission Control we have a problem . . . The advantages of Mission Control for AC37

Mission Control we have a problem . . . Four decades ago, going all the way back to the 12m era in Newport, USA, the engineering support for an America’s Cup boat amounted to a fast RIB back at the sailing base and a VHF radio.

2024 Sailjuice Gallop winner Osprey
Osprey claims the King George Gallop by a nose

The 2024 edition of the King George Gallop delivered one of the tightest finishes ever in the Seldén Sailjuice Winter Series

AC37 ETNZ LEQ12 Port Wing Trial
AC37 – ETNZ rollout second new foil wing

Just five days after revealing a new starboard foil, Emirates Team New Zealand were back at it again, with another new foil wing, this time on the port side, was released

2023/4 Clipper Race - Airlie Beach
Clipper Race batten down the hatches ahead of cyclone

The Clipper Race is currently monitoring an imminent tropical low-pressure system which is likely to develop into a cyclone

ULTIM Actual
ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE – Leader Caudrelier passing the Kerguelen Islands

Charles Caudrelier, leader of the ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE-Brest, is passing the Kerguelen Islands exclusion zone, racing on a SE’ly course at around 35kts as he plunges towards the ice exclusion zone.