Sailing News

Overall 2019 RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy goes to Wizard

David and Peter Askew’s American Volvo 70 Wizard has won the 2019 RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy, scoring the best corrected time under IRC.

Winners of the 2019 RYA Youth Champion Awards

Eleven promising sailors and windsurfers from across the UK have been revealed as winners of the RYA Regional Youth Champion Awards

Mark Robinson appointed Sailing Team Leader for Tokyo 2020

The British Olympic Association (BOA) today announced the sport Team Leaders for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, including the Sailing team Leader

INEOS get first glimpse of the Foil Cant System in action

INEOS get first glimpse of the Foil Cant System in action – a first hint of the real scale of the AC75 boats has been given to each AC36 challenger representative

RORC Caribbean 600 kicked off in spectacular conditions

The 76 strong fleet from 20 different countries started the 2019 RORC Caribbean 600 in spectacular conditions off the south coast of Antigua – Star veideo here

Going forward – Whitbread, Volvo and now officially The Ocean Race

Volvo has now formally transferred ownership of the Volvo Race to Atlant Ocean Racing Spain, led by Richard Brisius and Johan Salén

Australia take first SailGP Series win with GBR third

On home waters Tom Slingsby’s Australia SailGP team scored a dream finish for the first-ever SailGP event in Sydney, Australia.

Sydney SailGP – Aussie power leads Day 1 – Video Update

Team Japan SailGP under Aussie skipper Nathan Outteridge lead Tom Slingsby’s Australia SailGP team after 3 races on first day of new Sydney SailGP event

Learning from others – Can we turn the clock back? Do we need to?

Recent surveys have indicated that ‘Sailing Clubs’ may need to become ‘Water Recreation Centres’ . . . at least in attitude if not in name

World Sailing
World Sailing continues Olympic classes overhaul

World Sailing continues it’s overahaul of the Olympic equipment (classes) for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games sailing events

SailGP announce multi-platform coverage for Sydney event

SailGP announced comprehensive multi-platform coverage spanning linear and digital channels, for the first event which premieres in Sydney this week

36th America’s Cup simmering nicely

The America’s Cup has been simmering nicely, with everyone treading carefully round the elephant in the room, but it seems normal service is about to resume . . .