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The first women’s America’s Cup will include 12 teams, with the structure and dates of the regatta now revealed. Organisers America’s Cup Event Limited (ACE) released the official Notice of Race yesterday (29 September 2022), confirming the schedules for both the women’s and youth America’s Cup regattas. Running sequentially, the Youth America’s Cup starts on […]
Gentoo Sailing Team has announced a partnership with boatfolk. The team will be based at Haslar Marina, Gosport with the IMOCA 60 docking there after its ongoing refit. Team principal and skipper of Gentoo, James Harayda will be joining boatfolk at various events throughout the year where he will be talking about the great challenge […]
The International RS21 Class Association, in collaboration with RS Sailing and the JK BRIVA Sailing Club, has announced that entry for the inaugural RS21 World Championship is open. Following on from the successful European Championships in Malcesine, Lake Garda in 2021, the International RS21 Class expect around 40-50 RS21’s to compete to become the first […]
The Infiniti 52, Tulikettu, which was believed to have sunk in the North Atlantic in April has been found and returned safely to shore. The yacht was sailing from Cascais, Portugal back to the team base in Gosport, UK, when it collided with an unidentified floating object (UFO) causing an uncontrolled leak. Although efforts were made by the crew […]
The Pro Sailing Tour, which claims to be offshore sailing’s most exciting new competition, is coming to the Isle of Wight. Cowes will host the event for the first time for a two-day rendezvous on 5-6 July. The event brings together eight talented Ocean Fifty skippers racing foiling trimarans that are as long as they […]
SailGP has launched its first Inspire Waspz Grand Final – Championship of Champions, which will see the top young athletes from around the world (male and female) compete for the overall season podium at the Mubadala United States Sail Grand Prix, March 26-27. This is the culmination of Season 2’s Inspire Racing x Waspz series […]
Emirates Team New Zealand says it has always commissioned external contracts to keep the design team sharp. So, when an independently funded project to attempt to beat the Wind Powered Land Speed World Record emerged, ETNZ found willing designers, engineers and shore crew to put their talents to the test from being fastest on the […]
The 2022 regatta takes place from the 30th April to 2nd May with over 150 yachts in eighteen classes expected to race for the Canford Cup. Dating back to 1849, the cup is one of the most historic trophies in yacht racing and is awarded bi-annually at Poole. Organisers say the regatta has become renowned […]
American Magic has confirmed that it intends to compete in the 37th America’s Cup (AC37) and represent the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) against the field of challengers and the defender, Emirates Team New Zealand, for the most coveted prize in sailing. This comes after the team’s dramatic battle to save Patriot in last year’s […]
At the start of the final race of the opening day of the Australian Sail Grand Prix, Sir Ben Ainslie’s British F50 catamaran ploughed into the Japan boat, slicing off its bow. The collision left neither boat able to continue. “I can’t imagine sailing tomorrow,” Japan’s Australian driver Nathan Outteridge told 7News. “It’s definitely ruined our boat […]
SailGP is returning to Sydney Harbour tomorrow for the Australia Sail Grand Prix (17-18 December), the penultimate event of the season. With just one point separating the top three teams on the championship leaderboard, the season looks set for a thrilling finale. Two-time America’s Cup winner Jimmy Spithill’s United States team and Olympic gold medallist […]