Cruisers and other sailing yachts have been evacuating Grenada and many Caribbean islands as Hurricane Beryl is currently tracking towards the Windward Islands, expected to make landfall later today, Monday…
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Cole Brauer: ‘I had a choice between going to medical school or working at a yacht club…’
The first Saturday in November was laundry day for Cole Brauer. One week into her single-handed around the world race, the Global Solo Challenge, the 29-year-old washed her smalls in…
54-knot winds severely deplete 2024 Round the Island Race fleet
Competitors in today’s 2024 Round the Island Race, an annual 50-mile circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight, faced one of the most severe conditions in years with gusts of over…
British Vendée Globe hopeful Sam Goodchild dismasted in transat race
Sam Goodchild, one of the leading contenders for this autumn’s Vendée Globe solo around the world race, has dismasted on his IMOCA 60 Vulnerable (formerly For The Planet) while racing…
Charles Caudrelier: the first man to foil a giant multihull around the world
It would be a scene worthy of the most outrageous Hollywood action movie: a man, alone on an enormous flying trimaran, is hurtling across the ocean’s remotest reaches, when he…
“We’ve done something slightly different” American Magic tease first look of AC75
New York Yacht Club American Magic became the fifth America’s Cup team to reveal – or at least partially reveal – their AC75 when their new ‘B3’ briefly appeared out…
Ainslie’s team reveals Britain’s new America’s Cup boat
The British America’s Cup team has become the fourth challengers to unveil their new AC75. INEOS Britannia revealed their AC75 in the early hours of morning, as the foiling monohull…
Final week for applications for women’s Ocean 50 trimaran programme
Organisers would like to hear from any women sailors who are still considering applying for the new offshore training scheme, UpWind by MerConcept, which is being supported by 11th Hour…
10 women doing great things in competitive sailing right now
With a Women’s America’s Cup due to start in 2024, a gender balanced sailing event at the Paris Olympic Games, and female entries lining up for this year’s Vendée Globe,…
Clarisse Crémer cleared following Vendée cheating accusations
Clarisse Crémer has been cleared of any misconduct following anonymous accusations that she cheated during the 2020/21 Vendée Globe by discussing routing options with her husband, Tanguy Le Turquais. The…
World’s coolest yachts: Monitor – the 1955 foiling boat
“It has to be Monitor, of course! The father of all flying rockets!” says Desjoyeaux. One of the world’s first sailing hydrofoils, Monitor was created in 1955 by Gordon Baker,…
Caudrelier wins first ever solo round the world race in foiling Ultim
Solo skipper Charles Caudrelier has won the Arkea Ultim Challenge Brest, the first ever solo around the world race in multihulls, on the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild giant foiling trimaran.…
American cruisers feared dead after yacht stolen in Grenada prison break
Two liveaboard cruisers, Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel, are missing feared dead after their catamaran Simplicity was apparently stolen during a prison escape in the Caribbean. Hendry and Brandel’s 48ft…
50-knot winds and 9m seas delay round the world race winners
Charles Caudrelier, skipper of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild trimaran and Arkea Ultim Challenge leader has paused his race in the Azores after a severe weather forecast for “impassable” conditions…
What are the best ways to keep a yacht’s crew happy?
If you have a happy boat, you can have disasters happen to you, and it’ll be fine. On an unhappy boat the smallest things can become an issue.” “A happy…
“I never cheated” Clarisse Cremer denies rumours of Vendee Globe routing
Clarisse Cremer, who finished 12th in the 2020/21 Vendée Globe, has posted a firm rebuttal of anonymous accusations that she cheated during the solo around the world race by discussing…
Fifteen round Cape Horn in a week! Round the world racers stream out of Southern Ocean
Armel Le Cléac’h’s 100ft foiling trimaran Maxi Banque Populaire XI became the 15th boat to pass Cape Horn in a week, when he rounded at 05:01:50hrs UTC this morning, Sunday…
Don McIntyre the adventurer who launched retro-round the world racing
Don McIntyre is on relaxed form when he calls from Les Sables d’Olonne. His current flock of round the world racers are swooping south on the second leg of the…
British Women’s and Youth America’s Cup squads unveiled
The British team is seeking to win the first ever Women’s America’s Cup. It will also be aiming to defend its title as Youth America’s Cup winners, having won with…
Coolest yachts: Class 40 Lift 2
The highly competitive Class 40 fleet has long been a proving ground for talent, both for designers and sailors, with many going on to the IMOCA class. “I’ve had the…