INEOS Britannia and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli lined up for a tense second day of racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup final in Barcelona today – after Day One’s even…
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‘It’s completely crazy!’ Irish sailor Tom Dolan takes historic Solitaire du Figaro victory
Irish skipper Tom Dolan said that he wanted to cry with joy as he secured a historic win in La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec on Wednesday 11 September 2024. La…
Forty solo skippers taking part in the Vendée Globe race 2024
IMOCA teams have been anxiously counting the qualification miles for this year’s around the world race after 44 skippers initially entered, but organisers stood firm on a limit of 40…
Super Saturday? What we learnt from bumper race day on Louis Vuitton Cup Day 3
After the upset to the schedule caused by Defenders Emirates Team New Zealand’s dramatic crash of its boat down onto the cradle during lift-out after racing on Day 1, and…
One win, one loss for British on Day 3 of America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta
The third day of racing for the 37th America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta 2024 got underway in 11 knots today in Barcelona providing solid foiling conditions for the AC75 monohulls that…
Who will win the 37th America’s Cup?
We admit it, we’re excited. The 37th America’s Cup has all the signs of being a good one. At six teams in total, it may not match the entry numbers…
“At this stage of the America’s Cup, you don’t want to be too comfortable.” – Inside INEOS Britannia
“There’s a moment where you cut the chase boat for the last time and then you’re by yourself. There’s eight of you left to do it. I love that moment.”…
Breaking news: One dead, six missing after sailing superyacht sinks off Sicily
Update Tuesday 20 August: Specialist divers have, this morning launched a fresh search for the six people missing off the coast of Sicily. The missing individuals have been named as…
Ben Ainslie: “We’re a bit of a dark horse” – America’s Cup countdown
It’s one week to go until the first races of the 37th America’s Cup in the AC75. Inside the INEOS Britannia base there is a constant clanging: the AC75 Britannia is in…
Paul Goodison: The British skipper looking to win the America’s Cup… for the USA
British sailing dominance in Olympic Sailing has long been fabled: from 2000 until the Tokyo Games Team GB were an unstoppable force, winning 28 medals. The most successful was 2008, when amid fog, tempest, and…
Crew member killed in Man Overboard incident in Aegean 600 offshore race
The fourth edition of the Aegean 600, a relatively new 605-mile offshore race around the islands of Aegean, has been marred by the death of a competitor yesterday, Tuesday 9…
Who looks set to win the Olympic Sailing medals in Paris 2024?
Could Paris 2024 be one of the best Olympic sailing regattas yet? Hosted by a country truly passionate about sailing, combined with – hopefully – stunning Mediterranean weather, and sailing…
WATCH: Hurricane Beryl causes devastation in Grenada, yachts destroyed
Hurricane Beryl has wreaked devastation across northern Grenadian islands and St Vincent and the Grenadines, with four deaths reported. Hurricane Beryl became the earliest recorded storm to develop into a…
Unprecedented early season Hurricane Beryl set to hit Windward Islands: yachts evacuate
Cruisers and other sailing yachts have been evacuating Grenada and many Caribbean islands as Hurricane Beryl is currently tracking towards the Windward Islands, expected to make landfall later today, Monday…
Cole Brauer: ‘I had a choice between going to medical school or working at a yacht club…’
The first Saturday in November was laundry day for Cole Brauer. One week into her single-handed around the world race, the Global Solo Challenge, the 29-year-old washed her smalls in…
54-knot winds severely deplete 2024 Round the Island Race fleet
Competitors in today’s 2024 Round the Island Race, an annual 50-mile circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight, faced one of the most severe conditions in years with gusts of over…
British Vendée Globe hopeful Sam Goodchild dismasted in transat race
Sam Goodchild, one of the leading contenders for this autumn’s Vendée Globe solo around the world race, has dismasted on his IMOCA 60 Vulnerable (formerly For The Planet) while racing…
Charles Caudrelier: the first man to foil a giant multihull around the world
It would be a scene worthy of the most outrageous Hollywood action movie: a man, alone on an enormous flying trimaran, is hurtling across the ocean’s remotest reaches, when he…
“We’ve done something slightly different” American Magic tease first look of AC75
New York Yacht Club American Magic became the fifth America’s Cup team to reveal – or at least partially reveal – their AC75 when their new ‘B3’ briefly appeared out…
Ainslie’s team reveals Britain’s new America’s Cup boat
The British America’s Cup team has become the fourth challengers to unveil their new AC75. INEOS Britannia revealed their AC75 in the early hours of morning, as the foiling monohull…