Defending match racing world champion Ian Williams of Great Britain has advanced to the final of the World Match Racing Tour in Shenzhen, overcoming former world champion New Zealand’s Nick Egnot-Johnson/ Knots Racing in a light-wind semi-final match
Our weekly curated digest of the latest news and stories from across the yacht racing world.
Day 4 at the WMRT Final Shenzhen Baoan for the 2025 Match Racing World Championship saw the final four skippers emerge from a challenging and hard fought quarterfinals in light and unpredictable airs.
The new limited series inspired by the Italian America’s Cup AC75 makes its world premiere at the 2026 Brussels Motor Show
Three elite strategists explain to RORC communications manager Louay Habib how they are reading the Atlantic racecourse for the upcoming 2026 RORC Transatlantic Race.
We catch up with Giles Scott, skipper of the Canadian NorthStar SailGP team, as the British double Olympic gold medallist reflects on his up and down first year in charge and shares some of the team's plans for Season 6.
The knockout stage of the 2025 World Match Racing Tour Final is set after a high-pressure day of repechage racing in the heart of Shenzhen, where survival was the only objective and mistakes proved costly. In ultra-light, shifting winds on OH Bay, New Zealand’s Nick Egnot-Johnson / Knots Racing and
Two-speed and three-speed electric versions of Ronstan's Orbit winch are now available.
SailGP has established its first long-term training base at the state-of-the-art American Magic performance and innovation center, which officially opened today in Pensacola, Florida.
Two of the highest-ranked skippers in world match racing were eliminated on Day 2 of the 2025 World Match Racing Tour Final in Shenzhen Bao’an, as treacherous light-wind conditions delivered a major upset and blew the competition wide open.
The 2026 RORC Transatlantic Race starts from Marina Lanzarote this Sunday and will see 21 teams take on the 3,000 nautical-mile voyage west across the Atlantic to Antigua – writes Louay Habib.
PlanetSail's Matt Sheahan shares his personal thoughts on the current state of play in the 38th America's Cup.
The opening day of the 2025 World Match Racing Tour Final, running from 6-11 January in Shenzhen China, delivered high-intensity racing from the first start, with no shortage of close calls and razor-thin margins amongst the sixteen competing teams.
Last year Andrea Lacorte won the owner-driver title in his first 52 Super Series season, powered by Doyle Sails – and with four Doyle sailmakers on board.
Happy New Year everyone! 2026 is here and the first event of SailGP Season 6 in Perth, Australia is under a fortnight away. There will be 13 F50s on the start line for the first time ever and each and every team will aiming to make a strong start to the year.
The 2026 RORC Transatlantic Race will showcase two extraordinary yachts that could not be more different in design and yet share the ambition to race cross the Atlantic fast, safely and competitively – writes RORC communications manager Louay Habib.
