44Cup season opens this week in Lanzarote
The 44Cup begins its new season this week in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote. After a practice day on Wednesday the 11-boat fleet will race Thursday through until Sunday.
Luna Rossa becomes official sponsor of Italian Sailing Federation
Italian America's Cup challenger Luna Rossa and the Italian Sailing Federation (FIV) have announced a new partnership aimed at supporting and accompanying Italy’s Olympic, youth, and para sailing teams on their road to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
The Famous Project CIC crew complete first all-women nonstop circumnavigation
The eight-woman crew aboard The Famous Project CIC Ultim multihull completed their Jules Verne Trophy attempt in a time of 57 days, 21 hours, and 20 minutes, after crossing the finish line off Ouessant in northern France today.
How do you like me scow? Sam Manuard-designed Mach 50 Palanad 4 wins RORC Transatlantic Race overall
The Royal Ocean Racing Club has confirmed Mach 50 Palanad 4 (FRA), owned by RORC Member Olivier Magre and skippered by his son Antoine Magre, also a RORC Member, as the overall winner of the 2026 RORC Transatlantic Race on IRC corrected time.
America's Cup Partnership officially initiated at stylish Naples event
The America's Cup Partnership agreement has been officially initiated at a glitzy ceremony in the grand hall of the Palazzo Reale in Naples, in the presence of the world's media, an audience that included the five competing teams and many of the key players behind the move to stage AC38 in Italy.
The Ocean Race 2027 to begin with monster leg from Alicante to Auckland
With less than a year until the start of The Ocean Race 2027, the world's top fully-crewed offshore sailing competition has revealed that the opening leg will be a a record-breaking passage that will take crews halfway around the world non-stop.
K–Challenge launches French campaign for the 38th America's Cup
As a founding member of the new governing structure overseeing the organisation of the America’s Cup, K–Challenge – the company founded by Stephan Kandler and co-managed with Bruno Dubois – has officially registered the French Challenger for the 38th edition of the America’s Cup.
British America's Cup team reveals new 'GB1' identity
Britain’s America’s Cup Team, representing the Challenger of Record, Royal Yacht Squadron Racing Ltd, has unveiled GB1 – the bold new team name and identity that signals a new era of British racing on the world’s most demanding sailing stage.
Emirates renews title sponsorship with Team New Zealand for AC38
Emirates has renewed its more than twenty year naming sponsorship of the Defender of the America’s Cup, Emirates Team New Zealand – extending one of the longest-standing and most iconic sponsorships in international sailing through the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup and Preliminary Regattas.
Raven foils to monohull victory with new RORC transatlantic record
The 34m Baltic 111 Raven has rewritten the limits of monohull offshore performance, taking monohull line honours to win the IMA Transatlantic Trophy and setting a new monohull race record in the 2026 RORC Transatlantic Race from Lanzarote to Antigua – writes RORC communications manager Louay Habib