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Our curated digest of the latest news and stories from across the yacht racing world.
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Podcast: USA SailGP Team CEO Mike Buckley
On the latest episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast I sit down with USA SailGP team boss Mike Buckley...
Making it tougher (for Terry)
52 Super Series communications boss Andi Robertson checks in with an update on what has been a another busy and highly competitive season for the TP52 fleet.
Racing Roundup
Our curated digest of the latest news and stories from across the yacht racing world.
Racing Roundup
Our curated digest of the latest news and stories from across the yacht racing world.
Lightweight luxury
Over the last three decades, Southern Wind has developed and perfected a system of building ultra-lightweight interiors that don’t compromise on style, comfort – or boatspeed. Rupert Holmes explains how this is achieved.
SailGP Cádiz Analysis
In this episode of the Yacht Racing Life podcast I am joined by the Rule69Blog’s Magnus Wheatley to unpack a light-air weekend of racing at the SailGP event in Cádiz, Spain.
Racing Roundup
Our curated digest of the latest news and stories from across the yacht racing world.
SailGP trial new 27-metre wingsail for possible use in Season 5 Grand Final
SailGP is in the final stages of testing a 27 metre wing sail configuration that could be used as early as the 2025 Season 5 Grand Final in Abu Dhabi in November.
Up for the challenge…
When Nautor needed a custom furler to handle extreme loads, they knew Reckmann could design and deliver…
Podcast: Building Real Pathways for Women in Sailing — The Magenta Project CEO, Vicky Low
I sit down with Vicky Low, CEO of The Magenta Project, to unpack how a volunteer-driven idea born out of the Team SCA all-women campaign in the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 has evolved into one of the sport’s most effective engines for getting more women into sailing.
New generation flagship
Nautor’s range of Maxi Swans is evolving and the launch of the first Swan 128 points the way to the future for this long and iconic line of sailing yachts.
British Olympic campaigners take to social media over proposed Medal Race changes
British Sailing Team members Micky Beckett and John Gimson have made their feeling's public on World Sailing's proposed plan to modify the Medal Race format at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
Glenn Ashby on the Ferrari Hypersail project
On the latest episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast I quiz Australian Olympian, two-time America’s Cup winner, and current wind-powered land speed record holder Glenn Ashby about his role as rig designer for the Ferrari Hypersail project.
The team comes first...
A winning blend of talent and loyalty led Cameron Appleton to Doyle Sails.
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.