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Emirates Team New Zealand have beefed up their sailing team line-up with the addition of Australian double Olympic medallist Iain Jensen – previously a long-term member of the British GB1 syndicate.
Italian America's Cup challenger Luna Rossa and the Italian Sailing Federation (FIV) have announced a new partnership aimed at supporting and accompanying Italy’s Olympic, youth, and para sailing teams on their road to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
I caught up with the key protagonists of the newly rebranded GB1 campaign in Naples this week for a deep dive into the team's new-look challenge for the 38th America's Cup.
The first official gathering of the 38th America's Cup was a glitzy affair as five teams and the America's Cup entourage rolled into Naples.
The America's Cup Partnership agreement has been officially initiated at a glitzy ceremony in the grand hall of the Palazzo Reale in Naples, in the presence of the world's media, an audience that included the five competing teams and many of the key players behind the move to stage AC38 in Italy.
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.
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.
The first Preliminary Regatta of the 38th America’s Cup cycle will take place in Cagliari on the Italian island of Sardinia from May 21 - 24, with all five of the currently entered teams taking part in four days of racing in AC40 one-design foiling monohulls.
The new limited series inspired by the Italian America’s Cup AC75 makes its world premiere at the 2026 Brussels Motor Show
PlanetSail's Matt Sheahan shares his personal thoughts on the current state of play in the 38th America's Cup.
British America's Cup Challenger Athena Racing today announced a landmark new chapter in its ambition to win the America’s Cup for Britain, securing a majority ownership investment from Oakley Capital.
Riptide Racing, the American professional yacht racing team aiming to represent the United States at the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup, has signed a commercial partnership agreement with leading international performance sailing hardware manufacturer Harken, Inc.
It’s the news sailing fans have been waiting for – confirmation of the competing teams for the 38th America’s Cup, scheduled to take place in Naples in 2027 with up to three preliminary events in 2026.
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.
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.
Riptide Racing, the prospective US challenger for the 38th America’s Cup headed by world No. 1 match racing skipper Chris Poole, has announced a partnership agreement with leading global marine industry shipping and logistics company Pindar by Manuport Logistics.
