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.
Paul Cayard & Frithjof Kleen are undefeated at the 99th Bacardi Cup. So far the regatta has been a test of endurance. With heavy breeze on Biscayne Bay the almost 80-boat fleet has endured three long tiring races – and judging by the forecast, there's more to come over the rest of the week.
Maybe it was the 07:30 start time in Europe. Maybe it was the light winds on Sydney Harbour turning racing into a driftathon. Or maybe it was that I was watching in between bingeing episodes of Drive to Survive. Whatever the reason, I found myself yawning my way through both days of SailGP Sydney.
A true icon of modern ocean sailing, the 100ft Nomad IV was designed as the ultimate yacht for a fast-paced, exhilarating and comfortable cruise around the world. Now she’s ready for another circumnavigation.
The Magenta Project, in collaboration with 11th Hour Racing and World Sailing, has released the results of the 2x25 Review.
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?
The 99th Bacardi Cup delivered another classic Biscayne Bay test on Tuesday, as a steady 13 to 15 knots from the east powered the fleet through Race 2 of six. Paul Cayard and Frithjof Kleen (USA) converted an early strategic separation into their second consecutive race win.
The 99th Bacardi Cup opened on Miami's Biscayne Bay today with champagne sailing and a close finish that set the tone for the week ahead. On a 15 to 17 knot champagne day, 77 Star teams charged off the line for the first of six scheduled races.
On the latest episode of the Yacht Racing Life Podcast I'm joined once again by fellow British yachting journalist Magnus Wheatley to chew over the goings on at the third event of SailGP Season 6, which took place in Sydney, Australia over the past weekend.
With many still reeling from the shock of a close call with tragedy in Auckland there were questions aplenty for SailGP. But as the fleet was shipped across the Tasman Sea to the third event of Season 6 there seemed to be more questions than answers. PlanetSail's Matt Sheahan breaks it all down...
Taylor Canfield's United States SailGP Team has won the third event of Season 6 after a pulling off a commanding victory over of Emirates GBR and Spain's Los Gallos in the light wind event final on Sydney Harbour today.
Diego Botín's Spanish Los Gallos crew are the overnight leaders at the third event of SailGP Season 6 in Sydney, Australia after delivering a 5,1,1,5 Saturday scoreline that sees them lead from Tom Slingsby's hometown heroes in second and fellow Aussie Nathan Outteridge's Artemis (SWE) in third.
The Royal Ocean Racing Club has confirmed the Farr 100 Leopard 3 as the overall winner under IRC for the 2026 RORC Caribbean 600.
Brendan Casey has become the first Australian to win the Finn World Masters, after two races were sailed on the final day of the 2026 edition at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in Brisbane, Australia. In a very tight finish Rafa Trujillo (ESP) took second, ahead of Karl Purdie (NZL) in third.
This weekend’s third event of the 2026 SailGP season in Sydney, Australia will see the 11 foiling F50 catamarans race as a single fleet as the event organisers look to put the Auckland France/New Zealand crash in the rear-view mirror.
E.Leclerc's French Mach 50 Pananad 4 skippered by Antoine Magre has won IRC Zero in the RORC Caribbean 600 after taking class line honours in an elapsed time of two days, 10 hours, 32, minutes, and 31 seconds, and also posting the best IRC corrected time.
