Coming out of New Zealand are reports of a couple of late challengers for the 36th America’s Cup.
Laser Performance Masters Inlands – Final
The good turnout at the Laser class Masters Inlands at Grafham Water SC neatly highlighted the problem in British club sailing.
International Olympic class racing returns to Weymouth
The RYA has finally confirmed what we revealed in early October . . . that Olympic Class Sailing Returns to the UK in 2019 – only three classes, but its a start
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.