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British Olympic gold medallist Paul Goodison – a three-time America’s Cup competitor and a triple International Moth world champion - is the new skipper of the Swiss Tudor Team Alinghi challenge for AC38. I sat down with Goodison in Barcelona to get the inside track on his appointment.
This week’s announcement that the challenger line-up for the 38th America’s Cup will include a United States entry – in the form of the newly-formed American Racing Challenger Team USA syndicate – comes as a welcome breath of fresh air for yachting’s oldest and most prestigious competition.
Swiss Olympic sailor Nathalie Brugger is back with Alinghi for AC38 – this time aiming for a place on the AC75 race crew. I spoke to her about closing the performance gap, breaking into the Cup’s inner circle, and embracing the challenge head on.
I check-in with Tudor Team Alinghi’s director for technical and sailing, New Zealand America’s Cup veteran Dave Endean – the man in charge of making sure that in AC38 the Swiss syndicate improves on its somewhat lacklustre performance in the last Cup in Barcelona.
British Olympic gold medallist Paul Goodison – a three-time America’s Cup competitor and a triple International Moth world champion - is the new skipper of the Swiss Tudor Team Alinghi challenge for AC38. I sat down with Goodison in Barcelona to get the inside track on his appointment.
Philippe Presti is known for his unassuming style and easy smile. But when I caught up with him recently in Lorient at the launch of the French America’s Cup challenger La Roche-Posay Racing Team, that trademark smile seemed even broader than usual – and with good reason.
The US SailGP Team’s event win last weekend in Sydney was more than just a big result. After a bruising Season 5 and months of criticism, the Americans have started Season 6 looking sharper, calmer, and faster around the racecourse. According to the US skipper, there is plenty more yet to come.
If you were ever wondering who is the happiest person in the Grand Prix sail racing world right now, might I suggest France’s Charles Caudrelier – skipper of the newly launched Gitana 18 Ultim trimaran – as a top contender?
I sit down with fellow British sailing pundit Magnus Wheatley to mull over this weekend's first-ever SailGP regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where Tom Slingsby's Australian BONDS Flying Roos made a spectacular return to winning form.
PlanetSail talks directly to the key members of French and Swiss America's Cup challengers teams directly as they reveal their lineups for a 38th America's Cup cycle which sees all the teams operating on desperately tight timescales.
The latest range of sailcloth materials developed by Dimension-Polyant tick four key boxes on the wish lists of sailmakers and sailors alike.
Some of the most extreme engineering ideas at the sharp end of grand prix sailing have been brought to life by the Three60 production hub.
The Annapolis Sailboat Show is well known to sailors all around the world, but there is a great deal more to discover in this iconic yachting destination.
Inspired by the RORC’s new box rule for Class 2 in the next edition of the Admiral’s Cup, Reichel/Pugh's new Admiral 42 inshore and offshore design ticks a lot of boxes.
The new RM 980 will be a lot more powerful under sail than the 970, which was already quite quick. And a high-volume bow creates more space inside.
Two brand new models from Outremer are designed to preserve the brand’s performance DNA while dialling the comfort factor up to eleven.
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