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Ainslie and Scott join INEOS Rebels UK for podium pitch

With gale force winds forecast for the UK it’s worth looking further afield . . . Ben Ainslie will lead the INEOS Rebels UK at the Extreme Sailing Series grand finale in Los Cabos, Mexico

Transatlantic Race – Multihulls lead from the start

Giovanni Soldini’s Maserati Multi 70 and Peter Cunningham’s MOD 70 PowerPlay (image) have been swapping the multihull lead right from the start of the RORC Transatlantic Race

Talking of Olympic Offshore Keelboat Racing

Talking of Olympic Offshore Keelboat racing . . . is the Paris 2014 equipment/event going to be anything like this?

Van den Heede rounds Cape Horn

Jean-Luc Van den Heede, the 73-year old French sailor leading the Golden Globe Race in his Rustler 36 yacht Matmut, passed Cape Horn at approx. 19:10hrs UTC Friday 23 November, just 1 mile offshore

Glenn Ashby is A-Cat World Champion

Australia’s Glenn Ashby is the 2018 A-Cat World Champion, completeing the series with two race wins to finish nine points ahead of Mischa Heemskerk, with Blair Tuke completing the podium.

World Sailing and the one that got away!

With World Sailing moving to the next stage of their Dinghy Selection Trials for the single-hander for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games it’s time to look at the one that got away!

World Sailing dinghy Sea-trials for early 2019

World Sailing invites Member National Authorities to bid to host the Sea-trials for the selection of Equipment for the Paris 2024 Olympic Men’s and Women’s One Person Dinghy Events

2018 Star Sailors League Finals entry

25 International teams will compete at the 2018 SSL Finals in the Bahamas in December, including 15 wildcards drawn from many corners of the world of high-level sailing.

Sharp finishes third in Route du Rhum

Britain’s Phil Sharp finished third in the highly-competitive Class40 division in the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe race.

Yoann Richomme wins Class40 Route du Rhum

The French sailor Yoann Richomme completed a dominant start-to-finish performance to win the Class40 division in the 2018 Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe.

2019 RS200 National Tour details

Yet another massive RS200 season has been brought to a close at the RS End of Seasons Regatta at Rutland – 2019 RS200 National Tour details here

A-Cat Worlds – Bundock and Heemskerk take wins

Australia’s Glenn Ashby keeps the overall lead after three more races at the 2018 A-Cat Worlds at Hervy Bay, Australia.