The Route du Rhum is the biggest solo offshore racing event in the world. With the time and date now set for the start of the 12th Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe on Wednesday 9 November at 1415hrs – it looks like being a fast race.
Planet Sail video series looks at the Speed Freaks
Matt Sheahan’s PlanetSail video series looks at the continuing speed story as the Swiss SP80 campaign based at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne gets closer to launching its radical speed machine.
Matt Sheahan looks at Barcelona and remembers a great Valencia
Matt Sheahan considers what the move to Barcelona for the 37th America’s Cup defence means for the event
37th America’s Cup video update
Matt Sheahan provides a video update and his views on the 37th America’s Cup along with a quick peek at the new AC40 in build
SailGP Sydney Video Action
Planetsail’s Matt Sheahan looks at the Australia SailGP event in Sydney
Inside the Mercedes F1 – INEOS Britannia merger
Matt Sheahan presents the latest issue of his Planet Sail OnCourse video diary
The Next America’s Cup?
Where and when will the next America’s Cup be and who will be competiting for it?
Boat Shows are back!
It’s been a long time but boat shows are back! The South Coast Boat Show is the first in the UK to open after more than a year.
America’s Cup – Matt Sheahan looks at what might happen next
Matt Sheahan matches rumour to fact to assess what might happen next for the America’s Cup and whether the trophy that started life in the Solent 170 years ago really could be run in the UK next time around – Video here
America’s Cup – Matt Sheahan and Freddie Carr discuss what we know so far
Matt Sheahan talks to INEOS Team UK grinder and Cup fanatic David ‘Freddie’ Carr about what we saw on Day 1 and 2 of the America’s Cup and why it matters.
America’s Cup – Ineos Team debrief with Ben Ainslie and Grant Simmer
Matt Sheahan kicks off this Plantsail video feature with a quick summary of how the Prada Cup was won . . . and lost
Goodison explains how the powerful AC75 rig is controlled
Paul Goodison explains just how complex and powerful an AC75 rig is and how he controlled it aboard American Magic in this PlanetSail Video