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…
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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…
The Thorny Path: Sailing the windward route from the Bahamas to the Windward Isles
“You’ll never make it.” Our conversation with fellow cruisers about our plans suddenly ground to a halt. We were in Annapolis, on the east coast of the US, enjoying the…
Who’s favourite to win the America’s Cup? INEOS Britannia Vs Emirates Team New Zealand analysed
“Look, we’re the underdogs in this, without a shadow of doubt,” Ben Ainslie told the UK’s Guardian Newspaper in a recent interview looking ahead to Saturday’s America’s Cup. On the…
Sweden dominates during Women’s America’s Cup Semi-Final decider but damage delays racing for America’s Cup teams
The third day of the Puig Women’s America’s Cup saw racing disrupted after damage to one of the shared one-design AC40s (the Canadian Concord Pacific Racing Team’s boat) forced a…
Linjett 36 first look: embodying timeless qualities
One of the standout recent new yachts is the Linjett 39, which won the family cruiser category in the 2023 European Yacht of the Year awards. The long established family-owned…
Puig Women’s America’s Cup Opens with Close Racing in Barcelona
The opening weekend of the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup delivered a series of tightly contested races, as elite female sailors from around the world competed in challenging conditions off…
Jaro: Sailing this unique new upwind weapon
If you could own any boat, what would it be? And just one? Does it exist, or would you have to create your own? What follows is no ordinary review,…
“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…
173 years of hurt: Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup crew stands on the precipice of greatness
“If we go out there and get beaten, they’ll send us home. If, however, we win today, they’ll let us stay and fight again tomorrow. And if we keep winning,…
“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…
“I think it’s time the gloves are hung up” Jimmy Spithill hints at America’s Cup retirement
Away from the celebrations of INEOS Britannia defeating Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final racing on 4 October another piece of America’s Cup history was quietly…
Britain wins to break 60-year America’s Cup Challenger drought
After many days of windy conditions, the forecast was for all change today Friday 4 October 2024 in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final. With two wins yesterday INEOS Britannia went…
Everything you need to know about the 2024 Women’s America’s Cup
The inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup 2024 will be the first time an official Women’s America’s Cup event takes place, giving female sailors a chance to compete on the America’s…
‘I don’t want to watch sailing with a calculator’ – Matthew Sheahan on Olympic Sailing for Spectators
How was your summer season? If you went to a major event like Olympic sailing, did you wonder where everyone else was? Cowes Week seemed to stir up plenty of…
Want to be a better skipper? Think like an instructor says Nikki Henderson
Recently I was fortunate enough to find myself on the bow during a race. Well, I thought it was fortunate but appreciate that sentiment could be up for debate… I…
Back-to-back wins sees Ainslie’s team dare to dream of historic Louis Vuitton victory + Our analysis of today’s racing
To date, the racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final (the America’s Cup Challenger Selection Series) has largely taken place in pretty windy conditions. Today, Wednesday 2 October saw the…
The sailing trip of a lifetime where the Australian Outback meets the sea
“That sea sure is mean,” our kind driver observes as my salty trio climbs into his truck, fresh off a rough-and-tumble crossing of the Gulf of Carpentaria. After 48 hours…
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.…
Damage to Luna Rossa hands race victory to INEOS Britannia but the Italians fight back + full Louis Vuitton analysis
In stark contrast to the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta and Louis Vuitton Cup Round Robin and Semi-Finals, the Finals of this event have consistently seen windy conditions. And today’s racing…