Sailing News

Ben Ainslie and Matt Sheahan Video
Matt Sheahan talks with Ben Ainslie prior to the first AC75 racing in Barcelona

With just days to go to the first meeting of the six AC37 race boats in anger, INEOS Britannia helmsman Sir Ben Ainslie talks with Matt Sheahan of Planet Sail

RS400 Nats
RS 400 National Championships – Calm before the storm

The calm before the storm seems the best way to describe the weekend as competitors arrived for the Noble Marine 2024 RS400 Nationals at Royal Torbay YC

Ben Ainslie
Preliminary Regatta – Ainslie looking forward to first race meeting with America’s Cup rivals

It is often said that the America’s Cup is a ‘design race with a regatta at the end’ and it’s an apt description of how detailed this meticulous challenge has been.

RS Aero Youth Worlds 2024
RS Aero Youth Worlds – 60 competitors from seven countries compete in Marstrand

Sixty young RS Aero sailors from seven countries gathered at Marstrand, Sweden, to compete in the 3rd RS Aero Youth World Championships

AC37 INEOS Team on watch Fletcher, Mon, Ainslie, Parkinson, Scott
Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta – The first meeting of the six AC37 America’s Cup teams in their latest AC75 designs.

With the imminent Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta off Barcelona, we will see the first meeting of the six AC37 America’s Cup teams in their latest AC75 designs

ILCA UK Nationals 2024
ILCA Open & National Championships 2024 – Final Results

The ILCA UK Open & National Championships attracted a total entry of 252 for the ILCA 7, ILCA 6 and ILCA 4 to Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy

GP14 Promo
GP14 World Championship – Matt Mee and Chris Robinson comfortable winners

Matt Mee and Chris Robinson are the 2024 Allen GP14 World Champions despite Tom Gillard and Andy Thompson winning the two final races

Merlin Rocket Nats Winners
Birrell and Brearey win Aspire Merlin Rocket National Championships

Christian Birrell and Sam Brearey of Parkstone SC are winners of the 2024 Aspire Merlin Rocket National Championships

World Sailing
World Sailing Athletes’ Committee – Five international sailors have been elected as the athlete voice

Following the conclusion of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, five international sailors have been elected to the World Sailing Athletes’ Committee

WASZP Games
2024 International WASZP Games – Overbeck emerged victorious with the title coming down to a single point

Danish sailor Magnus Overbeck emerged victorious, clinching the 2024 International WASZP Games title by two points ahead of Norway’s Markus Berthet

GP14 World Championship – Matt Mee and Chris Robinson lead at layday break

Matt Mee and Chris Robinson are leading the GP14 World Championship taking place at the Welsh National Sailing Academy and Events Centre

Olympic Kite Podium
Paris 2024 Olympics – Paris medallists demonstrate sailing diversity

World Sailing is celebrating a diverse Paris 2024 with more nations winning medals per event than any other Olympics this century.