At Europe’s major superyacht crossroads of Palma de Mallorca, the three key experts at the Doyle Sails loft are each involved in projects widely diverse in nature but all sharing a commitment to extract maximum benefit from the company’s groundbreaking Structured Luff technology.
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 Yacht Racing Life Podcast Episode | Yacht Racing Life editor Justin Chisholm is joined from the UK by Magnus Wheatley as the pair give their independent analysis and commentary on the fifth event of the Rolex SailGP Championship 2025 season which took place in San Francisco, CA this weekend.
There is no doubt that the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe has raised the bar—on the water, in the media, and in the hearts of millions. Records were shattered, heroes were made, and Charlie Dalin wrote his name in bold across the annals of solo offshore greatness.
In a world where sailcloth innovations are often either overhyped or under-delivered, Dimension-Polyant’s Tyra PLY has managed something far rarer—quiet credibility.
The spring curtain-raiser is here, and all eyes are on Concarneau as the 49th Solo Guy Cotten lines up to kick off the 2025 French Elite Offshore Racing Championship.
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.
Yacht Racing Life editor Justin Chisholm reports on a scintillating day of racing at the San Francisco Sail Grand Prix
This week’s Editor’s Notebook comes from San Francisco, where Yacht Racing Life editor Justin Chisholm is in town to experience first hand the fifth SailGP event of the 2025 season, taking place along the cityfront this weekend.
Italian / American sailor Francesca Clapcich has officially announced her bid for the 2028 Vendée Globe, with a campaign backed by 11th Hour Racing and armed with a boat that’s already proved its mettle—Malizia-Seaexplorer.
It’s a hammer blow for the Danes—out of this weekend's SailGP before racing has even begun. Still licking their wounds from a brutal weekend in Los Angeles, they have been forced to withdraw after extensive damage from their run-in with a race mark in LA proved too much to repair in time.
It had to happen. The Ocean Race, that relentless round-the-world marathon that separates the good from the great and the great from the legends, is heading back to its spiritual home in Auckland, New Zealand, for the 2027 edition.
World Sailing is deeply shocked and saddened to report the death of Line Markert, World Sailing Vice President and a fellow sailor.
A Yacht Racing Life Podcast Interview | Justin Chisholm is joined from the UK by Magnus Wheatley as the pair give their independent analysis and commentary on Event 4 of the Rolex SailGP Championship 2025 season which took place in Los Angeles, CA this weekend.
It’s been a long time coming, but Northstar Canada is finally back in the winner’s circle. After two frustrating years of near-misses, new helmsman Giles Scott delivered a statement victory at the Rolex Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix, taking down heavyweights New Zealand and Australia in the process.
The Kiwis lead at the end of opening day in Los Angeles after a blistering performance that included two race wins.
