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‘I don’t want to watch sailing with a calculator’ – Matthew Sheahan on Olympic Sailing for Spectators
How was your summer season? If you went to a major event like Olympic sailing, did you wonder where everyone else was? Cowes Week seemed to stir up plenty of…
Want to be a better skipper? Think like an instructor says Nikki Henderson
Recently I was fortunate enough to find myself on the bow during a race. Well, I thought it was fortunate but appreciate that sentiment could be up for debate… I…
Back-to-back wins sees Ainslie’s team dare to dream of historic Louis Vuitton victory + Our analysis of today’s racing
To date, the racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final (the America’s Cup Challenger Selection Series) has largely taken place in pretty windy conditions. Today, Wednesday 2 October saw the…
The sailing trip of a lifetime where the Australian Outback meets the sea
“That sea sure is mean,” our kind driver observes as my salty trio climbs into his truck, fresh off a rough-and-tumble crossing of the Gulf of Carpentaria. After 48 hours…
INEOS’s Freddie Carr on why today’s Louis Vuitton Cup was the ‘fastest yacht race in history’ + why Day 6 conditions could be ‘telling’
“I genuinely think Race 8 today was the fastest sailing race ever,” INEOS Britannia cyclor David ‘Freddie’ Carr tells Yachting World after Day 5 of the Louis Vuitton Cup final.…
Damage to Luna Rossa hands race victory to INEOS Britannia but the Italians fight back + full Louis Vuitton analysis
In stark contrast to the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta and Louis Vuitton Cup Round Robin and Semi-Finals, the Finals of this event have consistently seen windy conditions. And today’s racing…
World’s Coolest Boats: The C-Class Catamaran
“Having been involved in the build and campaigning of three C-class projects, I have to nominate the 25ft C-Class catamaran.” Known as the ‘Little Americas Cup’, the International Catamaran Challenge…
Another win apiece in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final Day 4 + Lessons from the day’s racing
The fourth day of Louis Vuitton Cup Final racing took place on Monday 30 September and saw INEOS Britannia and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli continue their fight to become the…
All square after controversial day of racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final + Our thoughts on all the action
After Saturday’s lost racing due to light winds, Sunday 29 September dawned with 17-22 knots in Barcelona as Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and INEOS Britannia continued their fight to win…
Italians saved by the bell on Day 2 of Louis Vuitton Cup finals + what we learnt
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…
World’s Coolest Boats: The Dabchick class
“The ‘Dabbie’ was a very popular youth boat and one of the best training boats ever. Every person that made it in sailing in South Africa started out on the…
All square after epic Louis Vuitton Cup Final opener + What we learned from today’s racing
INEOS Britannia and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli faced off in the first day of Louis Vuitton Cup Final racing to decide which of these challengers would face Emirates Team New…
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Wins Youth America’s Cup Final
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli claimed the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup title after a decisive victory over NYYC American Magic in the final race, held in challenging conditions with winds up…
How to transit the Suez Canal by yacht
Transiting the Suez Canal is now a rarely followed path by circumnavigating yachts. The threat of piracy around the Gulf of Aden has long been a concern: British cruisers Paul…
Louis Vuitton Cup Final: INEOS Britannia and Luna Rossa ready for action
Tomorrow, Thursday 26 September INEOS Britannia and Luna Rossa Prada Prielli will face off in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final to see which of these two teams will earn the…
Nail-biting Youth America’s Cup Semi sees ITA and USA through to the Finals
The stage is set for a thrilling showdown in the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup Final, as Italy’s Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and American Magic secured their spots in the Youth…
5 expert tips: Guide to asymmetric spinnaker handling
One of the most significant advantages of racing with asymmetric kites is the simplicity of asymmetric spinnaker handling compared with symmetrical spinnakers. But the finer details of how to get…
Top 6 teams selected for the Youth America’s Cup Semi-Final
The final teams have been selected for the semi-finals of the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup following a competitive day of racing in Barcelona yesterday, Monday 23 September, which saw six…
7 rules for navigating a yacht without electronics
What happens when the screens go dark? Although this seems pretty unlikely in today’s world of über-connectivity, with Iridium and Starlink on board many boats and every device seemingly having…