The final preparations are all nearly made: it’s time for the 40 solo skippers in this year’s Vendée Globe to ready themselves for one of the most emotional moments in…
Helen Fretter
Editor
World’s coolest yachts: Niñita
“The coolest boat of all time is called Niñita, and is a Starling Burgess 60ft schooner,” says Sam Davies. “It’s a really amazing, beautiful boat.” The custom-built Niñita has been…
Vendée Globe 2024 preview: The most competitive edition ever?
“When you think about the Vendée Globe, you always remember the good stuff. I’ve done three now, and you remember the good bits of all the races. So it seems…
British confirmed as Challenger of Record for 38th America’s Cup: but what next for the Cup?
It was one of the less well kept secrets in sailing, but yesterday it was confirmed that – fresh from their biggest success in the event in 90 years –…
Total domination: How Emirates Team New Zealand won the 37th America’s Cup
As America’s Cup Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand came into this competition as clear favourites and the team to beat. But the Kiwi camp has far more than just the…
Ben Ainslie: “There are no second chances” Crunch time in the America’s Cup
Nobody pours 10 years of their life – and millions of pounds of backers’ money – into a project that they don’t believe in. But right now, Ben Ainslie and…
Emirates Team New Zealand move to match point 6-2 – what we learnt on Day 5 of the America’s Cup
Today’s forecast was always going to be challenging and the first race of the day was held on a snakes and ladders course with big variations in both wind speed…
A ‘day of opportunity’? Tricky conditions build tension for Day 5 of the America’s Cup
Day 5 of the America’s Cup looks set to be a tricky and tense day for both Emirates Team New Zealand and INEOS Britannia. As the teams docked out ahead…
Ben Ainslie: “It’s now or never” Has momentum shifted for INEOS Britannia in the America’s Cup?
It looked, initially, as if the America’s Cup was going to be a short, sharp, and bloody execution for the British Challengers, who went 4-0 down in the first three…
“The comeback is on” – Brits claim first two wins of the America’s Cup Match + what we learnt from Day 4
It was high tension at the INEOS Britannia base ahead of today’s racing – Day 4 of the America’s Cup. The team had been out practising in stronger winds and…
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli make history: Italy win first Women’s America’s Cup
The build up to today’s Puig Women’s America’s Cup has been tough for all the teams – there have been long days of boats held on shore, teams sent out…
Ominous start for INEOS Britannia as Emirates Team New Zealand dominate America’s Cup Day 1 + what we learnt
Today was reckoning day for the Defender and Challenger in the 37th America’s Cup – which team’s preparation would have been most fruitful? The battle-hardened Brits, competing in their first…
“This is harder than the Olympics” Britain’s Hannah Mills on the Women’s America’s Cup
The 37th America’s Cup is already rewriting the history books in many ways – today marks another major shift in the event’s evolution, with the beginning of the first ever…
“We still have a few things left in our pocket” INEOS Britannia helm Dylan Fletcher on today’s historic win and facing the Kiwis in the America’s Cup
INEOS Britannia co-helm Dylan Fletcher says that the Louis Vuitton Cup final series pushed the British squad and boat harder than they could ever have imagined – but that they…
INEOS’s Freddie Carr on why today’s Louis Vuitton Cup was the ‘fastest yacht race in history’ + why Day 6 conditions could be ‘telling’
“I genuinely think Race 8 today was the fastest sailing race ever,” INEOS Britannia cyclor David ‘Freddie’ Carr tells Yachting World after Day 5 of the Louis Vuitton Cup final.…
Italians saved by the bell on Day 2 of Louis Vuitton Cup finals + what we learnt
INEOS Britannia and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli lined up for a tense second day of racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup final in Barcelona today – after Day One’s even…
‘It’s completely crazy!’ Irish sailor Tom Dolan takes historic Solitaire du Figaro victory
Irish skipper Tom Dolan said that he wanted to cry with joy as he secured a historic win in La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec on Wednesday 11 September 2024. La…
Forty solo skippers taking part in the Vendée Globe race 2024
IMOCA teams have been anxiously counting the qualification miles for this year’s around the world race after 44 skippers initially entered, but organisers stood firm on a limit of 40…
Super Saturday? What we learnt from bumper race day on Louis Vuitton Cup Day 3
After the upset to the schedule caused by Defenders Emirates Team New Zealand’s dramatic crash of its boat down onto the cradle during lift-out after racing on Day 1, and…
One win, one loss for British on Day 3 of America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta
The third day of racing for the 37th America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta 2024 got underway in 11 knots today in Barcelona providing solid foiling conditions for the AC75 monohulls that…