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Breeze-On for 2022 Star South American Championship

It was finally a windy day at the 2022 Star South American Championship at the Yacht Club Argentino in Buenos Aires, Argentina

12mR World Championship set to return to Newport

2023 12mR World Championship is scheduled to take place 31 July to 5 August, will take place on Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound in partnership with Organizing Authority Ida Lewis Yacht Club.

44Cup Oman Day 2 – Team Nika keep overall lead

After Day 2 of the 44Cup Oman off Muscat’s Al Mouj Marina and six races completed, Team Nika keep their overall lead

Star South American Championship – Day 1

Leandro and Lucas Altolaguirre of Argentina lead the 2022 Star South American Championship after two races.

New investment values Ainslie’s SailGP Team at $40m

Sir Ben Ainslie has secured further investment in his Great Britain SailGP Team . . . giving a valuation of US$40m for the Great Britain SailGP Team

Ben Flower wins Datchet Flyer

Ben Flower sailed his ILCA 7 singlehander to victory at the Datchet Flyer, the second of ten events in the 2022/23 season’s Seldén SailJuice Winter Series.

Bloody Mary Race back on track for 47th edition

Queen Mary SC will run the 47th edition of their iconic GJW Direct Bloody Mary Pursuit Race on Saturday 7 January 2023 on the 704 acre Queen Mary Reservoir

2022 Moth Class Worlds – Massimo Contessi is day 2 leader

Massimo Contessi of Argentina leads the 2022 Moth Class World Championship after two races completed at the Yacht Club Argentino.

Selden SailJuice Winter Series – Draycote Dash done, next up Datchet Flyer

The second event of this season’s Seldén SailJuice Winter Series, the Datchet Flyer, will take place at Datchet Water SC

Sooner or later boats will break

Here Tom Morris of Mozzy Sails looks at the significant structural failure on ETNZ’s AC40 (varient) and what will be required to rethink the load distribution in the bow during nosedive events

A special Boxing Day Race, the Rolex Sydney Hobart

The British love their Boxing Day races as do the Aussies . . . but the really special one is the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race which begins on Sydney Harbour at 1pm on Monday 26 December 2022.

ETNZ Roll out structure upgrade package for all AC40s

Following the recent damage to their converted AC40 during testing Emirates Team New Zealand is has been busy coming-up with a fix.