With four wins in the last five races, just about everything Sam Goodchild touches right now turns to gold. But as the IMOCA Globe Series champion prepares for the third Vendée Arctique-Les Sables D’Olonne, his focus is firmly on continuing to improve his game and maintain his level of performance.
The painstaking process of working up the new Gitana 18 Ultim trimaran to full functionality reached a major milestone this week with the 32-metre multihull completing taking flight for the first time – albeit only fitted with one foil.
A consummate final day performance by the Luna Rossa senior team sees them see off his old team – the America's Cup holders Emirates Team New Zealand. Meanwhile, the Italian Youth and Women crew's fairytale regatta ends in a nightmare.
Expectations for the second day of racing at the first Preliminary Regatta of the AC38 were for more crash and burn conditions on the Mediterranean waters of Cagliari. The weather gods had a different plan – but the racing amongst the eight boat fleet was still hugely entertaining nevertheless.
Italians Marco Gradoni and Margherita Porro stole the show on Day 1 of the AC38 Preliminary Regatta in Cagliari. Two race wins, a Kiwi nosedive, and a GB1 breakdown nightmare. It's been all-on on the Gulf of Angels today.
It’s not unprecedented for top sailors in IMOCA to return to the Figaro class, but it’s quite unusual and this season several of IMOCA’s established skippers have been doing just that.
It’s been sailing’s worst kept secret for the past several months, but it has now been formally confirmed that Australia is returning to the America’s Cup for the first time in 26 years.
Tom Slingsby's Bonds Flying Roos are in danger of running away with the 2026 Rolex SailGP Championship — but chasing them down is a Spanish team good enough to catch anyone. The remainder of the 2026 season just got very interesting.
Tom Slingsby's Bonds Flying Roos and Diego Botín's Los Gallos head into the final day of the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix locked together at the top of the leaderboard on 32 points apiece, after an excellent day of racing on the Great Sound.
Winners of the last regatta of 2025, Takashi Okura’s Sled sealed victory at this season’s opening event, Puerto Portals 52 Super Series Sailing Week, with an excellent first and a third on a challenging race track in an offshore breeze.