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.
Two brand new models from Outremer are designed to preserve the brand’s performance DNA while dialling the comfort factor up to eleven.
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.
ICE Yachts’ new Felci-designed flagship model is a masterclass in developing a yacht that is precisely attuned to its owner’s style of sailing.
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 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.
French sailor Guirec Soudée has just broken a solo, non-stop record that has stood for 22 years for sailing around the world. Actually, strike that, he’s smashed it. Not only that but he’s done so on a boat that many would regard as singularly unsuited for the purpose.
The OS1 System is Gill’s ultimate expression of design innovation, fabric performance and build quality, with every seam and panel pushed to perform in extreme lab testing and Arctic ocean conditions.
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.
My guest on the latest edition of the Yacht Racing Life Podcast is Sébastien Sainson – design director of the French Gitana Team, which recently launched its latest generation Maxi Edmond de Rothschild Ultim trimaran – Gitana 18.
