Sailing News

2023 RORC Caribbean 600 - Pywacket Winner

RORC Caribbean 600 – Pyewacket 70 declared overall winner

By dawn on day four of the RORC Caribbean 600, 29 teams had finished the race with nearly all of them crossing the finish line in a hectic overnight period.

Jim Saltonstall – My Life in a Blue Suit

Jim Saltonstall MBA, the man credited with making Britain great at Olympic Sailing . . . His remarkable freewheeling autobiography

INEOS AC40 ‘Athena’ takes flight in Palma

INEOS Britannia, have launched their AC40, the yacht they will use to race in the initial Preliminary Regattas for the 37th America’s Cup.

RORC Caribbean 600 – Pyewacket 70 takes Monohull Line Honours

Roy P. Disney’s Pyewacket 70 (USA) has taken Monohull Line Honours in the 2023 RORC Caribbean 600 in an elapsed time of 42 hours 45 mins 06 secs.

SailGP – Matt Gotrel ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’

Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team grinder Matt Gotrel has relived the moment he slipped through the fairing of the British F50 and into the water during racing in Sydney.

RORC Caribbean 600 – Zoulou Triumph by 11 Seconds

MOD70 Zoulou sailed by Erik Maris of France won Multihull Line Honours in the 2023 RORC Caribbean 600 by just 11 seconds.

GB Olympic 470 champion Eilidh McIntyre retires from Olympic campaigning

Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Eilidh McIntyre is to retire from Olympic campaigning

Seventy boats start RORC Caribbean 600 off Antigua

At the RORC Caribbean 600 seventy boats started racing under IRC, Class40 and MOCRA Rules at 11:00 AST on Monday 20 February.

Europe Class – Jonathan Llado of Sweden is 2023 European Champion

Jonathan Llado of Sweden is the 2023 European Champion of the Europe Class.

Three-way points tie for first 29er EuroCup of 2023

The first 29er EuroCup of 2023 finished with a three-way points tie, after count-back victory went to Soma Kis-Szolgyemi and András Juhasz of Hungry

Future of the two remaining SailGP season 3 events in doubt

The future of the two remaining SailGP season 3 events are in doubt following significant damage to the wing sails and at least one boat at SailGP’s tech site on Saturday.