GeMera Racing continues to impress on second day
The apple cart remains firmly upturned after day two of the 44Cup Puerto Calero, where the 2025 champion is currently residing at the unfamiliar bottom position on the leaderboard,
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2026 Congressional Cup first eight skippers announced
Long Beach Yacht Club has announced the first eight entrants for the 2026 Congressional Cup, one of the world’s premier match racing events and a founding event of the World Match Racing Tour.
Spain and New Zealand set for Auckland return after SailGP technicians pull out all the stops
After the first event of Season 6 in Perth saw both Los Gallos and the Black Foils sidelined by serious damage to their boats, SailGP’s technical teams have executed a remarkable turnaround – ensuring both teams will be back on the water for the Auckland Sail Grand Prix next weekend.
GeMera Racing makes flying start in Lanzarote
The opening day of the 2026 44Cup was a fine one with a southwest wind that built to 15 knots and skies that cleared to reveal the long-awaited Canary Islands sun.
Podcast: Dee Caffari on The Famous Project CIC all-women circumnavigation
Guest presenter Matt Sheahan from the PlanetSail website catches up with British ocean racing yachtswoman Dee Caffari just over a week since she and the all-women crew aboard The Famous Project CIC 103-foot long trimaran completed a tortuous nonstop lap of the planet.
Inside 11th Hour Racing's Transat Café L’OR podium performance
Francesca Clapcich & Will Harris’ second place finish in the 2025 Transat Café L’OR is all the more impressive given that it was Clapcich’s first race in charge of the boat she will use in the 2028 Vendée Globe. We checked in with Harris recently to get his take on how the race played out.
New World Tour of Finns Grand Slam 2026 schedule revealed
The International Finn Class has announced the launch of the World Tour for Finns Grand Slam 2026.
44Cup fleet set to race despite trade winds absence in Lanzarote
The 19th season of the 44Cup sets sail today from the familiar setting of Puerto Calero Marina in Lanzarote. What is unfamiliar is that due to heavy rainfall recently Lanzarote’s usually barren landscape has become lush and green, full of life and new vegetation.
Kevin Shoebridge: ‘We feel confident within the team’
Although it’s often Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton’s shoot-from-the-lip soundbites making the headlines, chief operating officer Kevin Shoebridge has also been key to the team's many America’s Cup successes. I caught up with him in Naples to get his take on the latest Kiwi campaign.
Prospective America’s Cup teams given two extra months to confirm AC38 challenges
The Reuters news agency has reported that the 38th America’s Cup deadline for late entries has been extended beyond January 31 for two further months.
How lucky are we to be part of a sport with so much going on in 2026?
From SailGP’s globe-trotting Season 6 to the return of the America’s Cup, new ocean-going foilers, classic offshore races and packed dinghy championships, and much more besides – 2026 is shaping up to be a blockbuster year for yacht racing fans. Here’s a guide for what to look forward to...
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.
Iain Jensen revealed as new Emirates Team New Zealand crew member
Emirates Team New Zealand have beefed up their sailing team line-up with the addition of Australian double Olympic medallist Iain Jensen – previously a long-term member of the British GB1 syndicate.
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.
Harmony, balance and plenty of boatspeed
An incredible seven decades of experience at the sharp end of both yacht design and active offshore sailing have been distilled into the new Swan 51.
First all-female crew to sail nonstop around the world
PlanetSail takes a closer look at the success of the all-female crew's around-the-world passage aboard The Famous Project CIC...