Sailing News

Star European Championship – Day 1

The first and only Continental Star Class Championship for the year started Thursday in Riva del Garda, Italy

Competitors at Laser/Radial Europeans test positive for Covid-19

An outbreak of COVID-19 at the recent Laser and Radial European Championships in Poland, has led organisers to contact all 300 competitors alerting them to the virus outbreak

Vendee Globe event Village closed by new Covid-19 restrictions

The Vendee Globe has closed the event Village, which will be effective Thursday 29 October at 11.59pm

Bermuda Gold Cup – Borch and Berntsson into Quarterfinals

Jeppe Borch’s Borch Racing Team from Denmark and Johnie Berntsson’s Berntsson Racing Team from Sweden, advanced to the Quarterfinal Round of the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup

The Appliance of Mercedes F1 Applied Science to Britannia

INEOS Team UK finally released official video of the first flight of their second AC75 design RB2 and feature their new Mercedes F1 Applied Science developed cranked foils

Team New Zealand reject patent infringement allegation

ETNZ respond following the announcement that lawyers for Brazilian naval engineer Manoel Chaves, will file a lawsuit in New Zealand alleging patent infringement of his foil cant system

Bermuda Gold Cup – Williams leads into Quarterfinal Round

Day 2 of the Bermuda Gold Cup saw a southwesterly wind between 10 and 16 knots propelled six crews into the Quarterfinal Round

Classic autumn 29er Eurocup regatta on Lake Garda

The 29er Eurocup, the classic autumn regatta on Garda Trentino, which this year was characterized by three beautiful days out of four, ended Tuesday in Riva del Garda. See Video here

Epic end of the year event for RS700 Rooster Inland Championship

The RS700 Rooster Inland Championship was an epic end of the year event at Oxford SC, making many stories to be told and embellished over the Winter

Hong Kong newspaper predicts first president from China of a major Olympic sporting body

The Hong Kong based South China Morning Post reports that . . . Chinese official Li Quanhai looks set to become the new president of World Sailing

36th America's Cup, Auckland
America’s Cup – Designer threatens ETNZ with lawsuit

Lawyers of Brazilian naval engineer Manoel Chaves, claim he holds patents, granted both in Brazil and New Zealand, for the hydrofoil arm systems fitted to the AC75

Bermuda Gold Cup gets underway

Phil Robertson’s China One Ningbo and Torvar Mirsky’s Mirsky Racing Team streaked out to 4-0 leads in their respective groups at the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship