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British America's Cup team reveals new 'GB1' identity

British America's Cup team reveals new 'GB1' identity

Britain’s America’s Cup Team, representing the Challenger of Record, Royal Yacht Squadron Racing Ltd, has unveiled GB1 – the bold new team name and identity that signals a new era of British racing on the world’s most demanding sailing stage.

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Emirates renews title sponsorship with Team New Zealand for AC38

Emirates renews title sponsorship with Team New Zealand for AC38

Emirates has renewed its more than twenty year naming sponsorship of the Defender of the America’s Cup, Emirates Team New Zealand – extending one of the longest-standing and most iconic sponsorships in international sailing through the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup and Preliminary Regattas.

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America's Cup Defender hard at it in Auckland

America's Cup Defender hard at it in Auckland

As 2025 draws to a close, Emirates Team New Zealand are not winding down for the holidays just yet. Instead, the Hauraki Gulf has become the stage for high-intensity internal competition, with the team maximising their time on the water with two-boat racing in the AC40s.

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Athena Pathway back on the water in Barcelona

Athena Pathway back on the water in Barcelona

Fresh from securing the 2025 SailGP Season Championship with Emirates GBR, one of the world's most decorated female Olympic sailors, Hannah Mills OBE, is back on the water in Barcelona to begin the next phase of her mission with Athena Pathway, the British Youth and Women's America's Cup Team.

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Argo Challenge announces major new recruits

Argo Challenge announces major new recruits

The Argo Challenge – which is aiming for participation in the Youth and Women's America's Cup with international crews of disabled sailors at AC38 in Naples in 2027 – has announced the involvement of two top names: Helena Lucas (GBR) and Damien Seguin (FRA).

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AC38: Still more questions than answers

AC38: Still more questions than answers

The information blackout currently engulfing the America’s Cup continues to frustrate sailing fans around the world. AC enthusiasts are understandably hungry for new information about the upcoming 38th edition, but despite a surfeit of questions answers are few and far between.

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Athena Racing announces Ian Walker as new CEO

Athena Racing announces Ian Walker as new CEO

The world-renowned sailor & high-performance executive is a two-time Olympic silver medallist, a past British America's Cup skipper and winner of the Volvo Ocean Race, and has previously served as performance director for the British Sailing Team and, most recently, CEO of North Sails UK.

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