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Did cyclist setup contribute to Emirates Team New Zealand capsize? Design guru Andy Claughton analyses

  • June 8, 2017

Why did Emirates Team New Zealand pitchpole so disastrously during the America’s Cup playoffs? There have been numerous theories about this – the wingmast being allowed to develop too much power;…

Discovery Yacht Group acquires fellow British brand and swing-keel specialists Southerly Yachts

  • June 7, 2017

Discovery Yachts has bought fellow British cruising yacht brand Southerly in a bid to become one of the UK’s leading yacht builders. It means Discovery will have a highly versatile…

Faeroes to Norway in a Wayfarer dinghy – Frank Dye’s extraordinary tale of sea survival

  • June 7, 2017

When I was a student in Liverpool in the mid-1960s, sailing the university’s Firefly dinghies when I ought to have been studying, the local hero was a young man called…

Daedalus D80 is a smart ocean supercat capable of low-emission long-distance luxury cruising

  • June 7, 2017

Daedalus is a supercat capable of blazing across the oceans at previously unseen levels of speed and comfort. The new D80 is as modern as a yacht gets in every…

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Emirates Team New Zealand in dramatic capsize, but Ben Ainslie says “most exhilarating sailing ever”

  • June 6, 2017

The windiest day of America’s Cup racing to date ended with the dramatic and serious pitchpole of Emirates Team New Zealand just before crossing the start line on the final race of the…

Three hulls better than two – how the Neel 51 trimaran is challenging its many twin-hulled competitors

  • June 6, 2017

Neel has found a clever niche offering the performance benefits of a trimaran with the type of accommodation offered in a cruising catamaran. This new trimaran, the Neel 51, was…

America’s Cup: Gear failure deals a shocking blow for Land Rover BAR during opening races of semi finals

  • June 6, 2017

The British team aboard Land Rover BAR suffered a major setback in their quest to challenge for the 35th America’s Cup today, when a critical component in their wingsail broke…

Oracle Team USA beat NZ to go 1-0 up for America’s Cup, and are LandRover BAR finding their form?

  • June 3, 2017

Some of the most exciting racing in the America’s Cup so far saw Oracle Team USA seize two wins and storm away from the qualifier series with a one-point advantage for the…

Land Rover BAR has precarious win as America’s Cup teams sail at four times wind speed

  • June 1, 2017

Skippers Franck Cammas and Sir Ben Ainslie today suffered two of the harshest defeats so far in the America’s Cup qualifiers in Bermuda. In light winds of 6-7 knots in which…

Artemis Racing lose another NZ protest, while Land Rover BAR dazzles with flawless win

  • May 30, 2017

There were extra lashings of melodrama again today in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup qualifiers. Emirates New Zealand claimed another win as a result of a protest against Artemis Racing,…

Podcast: how did umpires get that protest wrong, and what’s the matter with Land Rover BAR?

  • May 30, 2017

After only a few days of racing, America’s Cup fans have plenty of big questions to ponder. One is about the protest decision by Emirates Team New Zealand that went against…

Shockwaves as French trounce Ainslie’s Land Rover BAR and Kiwis win with controversial protest

  • May 29, 2017

In two surprising and dramatic turnarounds today in the America’s Cup qualifiers, Groupama Team France trounced Ben Ainslie’s Land Rover BAR in an intense first race of the day, and…

Oracle Team USA and Emirates Team New Zealand in top form but Land Rover BAR count two losses

  • May 29, 2017

After a second day of racing in the America’s Cup qualifiers, a picture is beginning to form of the top teams as defenders Oracle Team USA and Emirates Team New…

Land Rover BAR wins first America’s Cup race, then Ben Ainslie smashes boat in start line crash

  • May 27, 2017

The fastest America’s Cup in history got off to a storming start today in Bermuda, with top teams racing at more than 40 knots in just 10-12 knots of true wind.…

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The final countdown for Ben Ainslie: incredible photos from the last practice session

  • May 26, 2017

Aerial shots of the last practice session before the start of the 35th America's Cup show the teams are pushing hard ahead of the first Round Robin matches

Podcast: How America’s Cup foiling is changing sailing

  • May 25, 2017

Since the introduction of multihulls to the America’s Cup and, since 2013, fully foiling flight, the America’s Cup has either enthralled or enraged. To those whom it enrages, the speed…

Undaunted – the 42-inch yacht still hoping to become the smallest boat ever to cross the Atlantic

  • May 19, 2017

Just 24 hours into his first attempt to sail solo across the Atlantic in Undaunted, his 42-inch yacht, Matt Kent had to turn back. He set off from La Gomera…

Brilliant short film shows Artemis Racing’s sailing journey from surface to air

  • May 18, 2017

Foiling has changed the America’s Cup forever. The speeds the AC50 catamarans achieve are exhilarating to watch, and behind this lies perhaps the biggest technological leap in any sport over…

Podcast: What’s the America’s Cup pecking order – and what really happened in that Ben Ainslie collision?

  • May 18, 2017

With a week to go until the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup qualifiers begin, the race action and controversy have stepped up into another league. During practice racing this week, we…

VIDEO: Volvo Ocean Race makes radical route changes with new foiling 60-footers

  • May 18, 2017

Volvo Ocean Race organisers promised the most radical shake-up of the race since its inception in 1973, and the raft of changes announced today for the 2019 edition will bring…

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