Fast Company: Martine Grael on Joining the SailGP Elite
After a lifetime of Olympic campaigning and high-performance sailing, Martine Grael was ready for something different—and SailGP was waiting.
Editorial
Insight and comment on the latest happenings in the world of sailboat racing.
Editor's Notebook
Yacht Racing Life Editor Justin Chisholm shares what's caught his attention in the sailing world this week
SailGP 2025: A Two-Tier Fleet After First Five Events
We are five events deep into the 2025 SailGP season and the fleet has split into two tiers. In the top group six teams are all jostling for the podium places with just an 11-point gap separating them. Below that, though, there’s a gaping 10-point gulf down to the second tier.
A Selfless Spirit: What It Takes to Make It in the America's Cup
The America’s Cup is often seen as the pinnacle of sailing—a glamorous world where only the best of the best get to compete for one of the sport's most coveted trophies. The boats are cutting-edge, the athletes are elite, and the stakes are sky-high.
Final Jeopardy Sunday sees Spanish soar in San Francisco as Australians are dismasted
Diego Botin's Spanish crew took control of the fleet on Sunday with a consummate performance that saw them outgun the Canadians and French in the final, while Australia were left picking up the pieces after a startline dismasting.
Canadian Consistency Pays Dividends as San Francisco Bay Delivers
Yacht Racing Life editor Justin Chisholm reports on a scintillating day of racing at the San Francisco Sail Grand Prix
It’s Good to be a Team Owner in SailGP These Days
Just a quarter of the way into its fifth season, SailGP is close to fulfilling the long-term, commercially sustainable business model that Larry Ellison and Russell Coutts envisioned when they announced the global league in 2018. Bernie Wilson finds out more.
Data and AI Continue to Redefine the America’s Cup
The modern era America’s Cup is often characterised by its breathtaking speeds, cutting-edge yacht designs, and fierce competition on the water. But behind the scenes a secretive world of data analytics, artificial intelligence, and performance management is playing an increasingly crucial role.
Taking on the Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean is a place of fearsome legend—a vast, untamed expanse where the wind screams and the waves tower, where sailors must confront their deepest fears and push their endurance to its absolute limit. British solo ocean racing skipper Sam Goodchild knows this place well.
You just won mega millions on the Lottery – but what are you going to race?
You wake up one morning to discover you are rich beyond your wildest dreams. Time to put together your ultimate racing calendar. But which boats would you choose? Yacht Racing Life editor Justin Chisholm already has his plan mapped out.
My America’s Cup Quest
Amateur photographer Michael Silverwood tells the story of his 30-year quest to photograph watch the America's Cup in person.
What do Barcelona’s Big Numbers mean for the Future of the America’s Cup?
Yacht Racing Life is a reader-supported publication for fans of sailing and sailboat racing everywhere. If you enjoy our content then please consider becoming a free or paid member. Having lived and breathed the 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona from the inside for over a year – initially as a
Featured Photographer: Gilles Martin-Raget
This month’s Featured Photographer will need little introduction to regular readers. If you have followed the professional end of our sport over the past several decades then inevitably at some point you will have found yourself captivated by one of Gilles Martin-Raget’s spectacular images.
Will a female skipper ever win the Vendée Globe?
British sports writer Ed Gorman kicks off his regular monthly column on Yacht Racing Life with a thought-provoking question.
Editor's Notebook
Yacht Racing Life Editor Justin Chisholm shares what's caught his attention in the sailing world this week.
Visualising the Invisible
Matthew Sheahan discovers how the answer was blowing in the wind in Barcelona