Swiss sailing team Alinghi has confirmed that it is entering the 37th America’s Cup, in a new team partnership as Alinghi Red Bull Racing. Team founder Ernesto Bertarelli introduced the…
Helen Fretter
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Plymouth, Chicago and Dubai to host Sail GP 2022 during 10-event series
Sail GP, the multi-event foiling catamaran circuit, will be expanded to 10 events for the 2022/23 season. Beginning in Bermuda in May 2022, the foiling F50 circuit has announced new…
Is Alinghi making an America’s Cup comeback?
Entries opened for the 37th America’s Cup today, December 1 2021. Despite the oldest trophy in sport having neither a confirmed date, nor an agreed venue, the Cup holders reported…
ARC yacht abandoned after fatality mid-Atlantic
A sailor taking part in this year’s Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (the ARC) was fatally injured, and his crew mates rescued 500 miles west of the Canaries. Max Delannoy was…
Jimmy Cornell: A life at sea
“In my entire life I have never given up on any of my projects, but… reluctantly I decided to abandon my plans.” So wrote Jimmy Cornell in his most recent…
The grave human cost of teak wood – and alternatives
Teak is synonymous with boatbuilding. But the Environmental Investigation Agency recently issued a report on an 18-month investigation into the teak wood supply chain to the marine industry which raises…
C-monsta hanger review: makes drying kit simple
It sounds hyperbolic to call a coat hanger a game-changer, but the C-monsta hanger is one of those rare products that once you stumble upon it, you get a bit…
America’s Cup venue decision delayed: where’s in the frame?
The much anticipated announcement of venue for the 37th America’s Cup, due to be unveiled today (Friday, September 17), has been postponed. In a statement made Thursday evening, Cup holders…
Watch: Experts share advice for bluewater sailing
Pete Goss, Nikki Henderson and Knut Frostad are among the speakers in a new six-part series of webinars on key cruising topics, hosted by bluewater sailing group Grand Large Yachting…
Orca attacks: Rudder losses and damage as incidents escalate
The first signs that something odd was taking place came in July 2020. After the strangest start to a summer any of us can remember, just as Europe began to…
Racing 695 miles double-handed: Fastnet contest goes to the line
The Fastnet double-handed fleet made up a whopping 89 boats in this year’s race, almost a quarter of the fleet, and produced one of the closest finishes of the race…
British JPK 1180 Sunrise is Rolex Fastnet Race overall winner
The overall 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race winner is Thomas Kneen’s JPK 1180 Sunrise, who takes the IRC overall trophy. Sunrise finished the 695-mile course into Cherbourg today after building a huge lead in…
Seconds separate double-handed IMOCA Fastnet fleet after 695 miles
After three days of racing over 695 miles, less than 30 seconds decided the podium finishers in the double-handed IMOCA fleet of the Rolex Fastnet Race. The class winner was…
Giant 140ft ClubSwan 125 Skorpios is first monohull in Fastnet
The monolithic Skorpios, the largest yacht ever to take part in the Rolex Fastnet Race at 42.6m/140ft (including bowsprit!), has taken monohull line honours in the 2021 edition. The ClubSwan…
Maxi Edmond de Rothschild takes line honours in Rolex Fastnet Race
While the smaller monohulls faced a battle of attrition in the first 24 hours of the Rolex Fastnet Race, the crew of the 100ft trimaran Maxi Edmond de Rothschild have made…
Tough first night for Rolex Fastnet Race with favourites among early retirements
White-capped waves, a building swell, and gusty breezes saw the world’s biggest offshore yacht race, the Rolex Fastnet Race, start this morning from Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, in…
All-star line-up: boats to follow in the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race
It’s hard to imagine a more diverse and intriguing fleet line up than this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race entries, making it hard to pick out which Fastnet boats to follow. The…
Last minute travel rule change means Fastnet competitors can now enter Cowes and Cherbourg
With last night’s announcement by the British government that restrictions would be eased for visitors from France returning to the UK, competitors in the Rolex Fastnet Race now have increased…
François Gabart launches latest record-chasing trimaran
Francois Gabart, currently the fastest man to sail solo non-stop around the world, has unveiled his latest trimaran, the radical SVR-Lazartigue. Previously codenamed ‘M101’ the trimaran has taken two and…
Who is Hannah Mills, Britain’s 2020 Olympic flagbearer?
The British sailing team’s Hannah Mills has been selected to carry the Union Jack in the Olympic opening ceremony tomorrow, Friday 23 July. The reigning 470 Olympic sailing champion says…