The team comes first...
A winning blend of talent and loyalty led Cameron Appleton to Doyle Sails.
2025
Posts published during 2025.
Dutch Masterclass...
I speak to Dutch Olympian Pieter-Jan Postma who dominated the 2025 Finn Masters Worlds in Medemblik, winning six of eight races despite a three-year absence from the class - showcasing sharp strategy, bold risk-taking, and a new mast-sail setup that proved decisive across a 301-boat fleet.
Enzo Balanger Interview – Part 2: Optimising the platform
In the second installment of our exclusive three-part feature on Enzo Balanger's spectacular victory at the 2025 Moth World Championship, the French sailor talks about the hardware – the boat and a new steel rudder – that helped him win.
SailGP Geneva Analysis
On the latest edition of the Yacht Racing Life Podcast British sailing journalists Justin Chisholm & Magnus Wheatley give an honest appraisal of a tricky weekend in Geneva: ultra-light winds and racing that was “mostly non-foiling” – at times dull for viewers and deeply frustrating for the crews.
Editor's Notebook
Naples planning to do AC38 in style | Artemis Racing joins SailGP for Season 6 | Time to rethink the Olympic Medal Race
World’s best test laboratory
Intensive and long-running R&D with four SailGP teams is one of the keys to Zhik’s product innovation.
Cowes Week Legend: John Tremlett’s Unprecedented 10th Captain’s Cup Win
John Tremlett quietly made history at Cowes Week, clinching the Captain’s Cup in the XODs for a record 10th time. With decades of racecraft, calm focus, and unmatched consistency, the 56-year-old sailor has set a benchmark in one of the Solent’s most demanding fleets.
SailGP St. Tropez Analysis
In the latest Yacht Racing Life Podcast, host Justin Chisholm and regular guest Magnus Wheatley dissect the SailGP regatta held in Saint-Tropez, a weekend dominated by tricky conditions, new technical challenges, and some standout performances.
A go-anywhere high performance cruiser...
Here’s a compelling concept: ice class hull strength and ultimate reliability combined with planing performance and obsessive attention to detail.
Now with added Magic...
Nautor’s ClubSwan one-design racing division has forged a powerful new partnership with one of the leading America’s Cup teams and for the first time ever they’ve tooled up to build Swans overseas – in Pensacola, Florida.
SailGP and the Need for Speed
Yacht Racing Life guest contributor Digby Fox examines the significance of SailGP's recent record-setting top speeds and speaks to Russell Coutts and outright sailing world speed record-holder Paul Larsen – creator and pilot of Vestas SpeedRocket 2 – for insight.
A sailing Paradox: Racing Fast, Cruising Easy
When Paul Flynn decided to return to sailing after a decades-long absence, he didn’t follow the expected route. Instead, he bought Paradox – a 63-foot carbon fibre trimaran with offshore racing pedigree and the sort of speed potential that turns heads on any racecourse.
Courses set for Antigua
The island is preparing to become the main central hub for the RORC’s programme of Atlantic and Caribbean ocean, offshore and inshore races.
Enzo Balanger Interview – Part 1: Preparing for victory
In the first of three exclusive stories based on my interview with 2025 Moth World Champion – Enzo Balanger – we find out how the French sailor prepared for the event by moving to the championship venue months ahead of the regatta.
Trickle down tech...
In a fast-moving world where the leaps in performance over the last decade are the biggest we’ve seen in a lifetime, there is a tendency to think that technology employed at the sharp end of professional yacht racing is running away from the mainstream.
Back to what they love
As Doyle Sails joins the North Technology Group (NTG) the company's directors are refocused on sailmaking and sailing.