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Swiss look to Goodison for AC38 rebuild

Swiss look to Goodison for AC38 rebuild

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.

Swiss revelation and French declaration as 38th America's Cup gathers pace

Swiss revelation and French declaration as 38th America's Cup gathers pace

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.

Starting from scratch – Tudor Team Alinghi’s AC38 reset

Starting from scratch – Tudor Team Alinghi’s AC38 reset

A clean-sheet reset for Tudor Team Alinghi: out with the old and in with the new, as a recalibrated approach as the Swiss challenger targets a more competitive AC38 campaign. I go one on one with team director Dave Endean and skipper Paul Goodison to find out more.

Editor’s Notebook

Editor’s Notebook

Entries open for Foiling Week Malcesine 2026 | a look ahead to the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe transatlantic race | The Ocean Race Atlantic confirms finish port and six-boat entry

America's Cup tensions

America's Cup tensions

PlanetSail's Matt Sheahan reports on a turbulent week, as the America's Cup goes leagal, SailGP fails to sparkle in Rio de Janeiro, the Class 40s complete an impressive global lap, and The Ocean Race Atlantic confirms its finish port.

Podcast: SailGP Rio de Janiero

Podcast: SailGP Rio de Janiero

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.

Ken Read spearheads potent new US America’s Cup challenge

Ken Read spearheads potent new US America’s Cup challenge

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.

Podcast: Chris Draper at Emirates Team New Zealand

Podcast: Chris Draper at Emirates Team New Zealand

On the latest episode of the Yacht Racing Life Podcast I catch up with British yachtsman Chris Draper to discuss his move to join the America’s Cup defender Emirates Team New Zealand and life inside one of the most successful teams in modern sailing.

Philippe Presti takes on his dream job

Philippe Presti takes on his dream job

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.

Guirec Soudée’s incredible  around the world record bid against the prevailing winds and currents looks set to deliver

Guirec Soudée’s incredible around the world record bid against the prevailing winds and currents looks set to deliver

To race around the world alone non-stop is pretty special and those that succeed enter an elite club. But when it comes to lapping the planet against the prevailing winds and currents, non-stop and alone the list stops way short of double figures.

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