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World Sailing
2020 World Sailing AGM and Presidential election to be held electronically

World Sailing will hold its 2020 Annual General Meeting and General Assembly electronically, due to the global challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

America’s Cup Arbitration Panel rule against Stars + Stripes

The America’s Cup Arbitration Panel has ruled against the US Challenger Stars + Stripes Team USA request to use the New Zealand built AC75, Te Aihe, in the Prada Cup Challenger Selection Series

Boats 2020 . . . Outdoors and on the Water at Southampton

Southampton International Boat Show Ltd will present ‘Boats 2020’ at Mayflower Park, Southampton from 11 – 20 September 2020

Emirates Team New Zealand roll back the years

Emirates Team New Zealand have put NZL-60 (Black Magic IV) the 2000 America’s Cup winner, on display outside their base in Viaduct Harbour, Auckland – Video here

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470 class cancels major 2020 class championships

The latest update from the 470 Class Management Committee, confirms the cancellation of several major class championships

Phil Sharp to start in La Solitaire du Figaro warm-up race

This week OceansLab skipper Phil Sharp will join a fleet of 32 skippers in the 44th edition of the Solo Guy Cotton

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Paralympic competition schedule confirmed

The organizers of the Tokyo Paralympics have announced the competition schedule for the postponed Games

Merlin Rocket Silver Tiller is cancelled for 2020

The Merlin Rocket Owners Association (MROA) has decided not to award the Craftinsure Silver Tiller in 2020

The AC75 Designed to Fly

Take a closer look at the technology and design rules that allow the AC75 to fly – Video here

Kieler Woche draws the line on enormous rush of entries

Kieler Woche organisers have confirmed that they will adhere to existing limits on the maximum number of participants, despite an enormous rush of entries

Alex Thomson – It will go down to ‘are we fast in the right areas?’

Since returning to the water, Alex Thomson and the crew have completed a further 4,000 offshore training miles on HUGO BOSS, now she gets a final strip-down check

Tokoloshe II and PowerPlay triumph in Race the Wight

Mike Bartholomew’s Tokoloshe II was the double winner . . . for Monohull Line Honours and the Race the Wight overall after IRC Time Correction