Having decided over a few beers that we should try and go and enter the Eurocat event held each year in Carnac, Brittany. Having not been there for 30 years it seemed right that the Hurricane fleet should return.
North Sails explain the advantages of aero-optimisation: a streamlined sail shape delivers less drag, more drive, greater effectiveness and enhanced durability.
Rooster®, a leading name in sailing apparel and accessories, is thrilled to announce its strategic partnership with the UK J/70 Class, marking a significant milestone in the realm of competitive sailing.
It's a big hello from Zippy the D-Zero in my first report of this year. The event was the D-Zero Northern Championships, held at a new venue for us at Annandale Sailing Club, 4 miles West of Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
A record 70 participants took the opportunity to get out on the water during Dovestone Sailing Club's Discover Sailing event on Saturday 27 April.
The 16th edition of the Taittinger Royal Solent Yacht Club Regatta is already attracting a mixture of repeat and new competitors for a weekend of racing and socialising in and around Yarmouth, with over 100 entries confirmed in the first two weeks.
Doyle Sails is the sailmaker of choice for many cruising catamarans and numerous performance multihulls worldwide, continuing to lead the fleet when it comes to reliable, durable, and easy-to-handle cruising sails.
A stunning day welcomed 26 teams to the 2024 J/70 North American Championship hosted by Vallarta Yacht Club in Nuevo Nayarit, Mexico.
The On Course series takes a regular look at the sailing world with show host Matt Sheahan. Here is the Episode 31 description: It’s been a big month for the America’s Cup as four of the six teams unveiled their brand new AC75s.
The 2024 Youth and Women’s America’s Cup will each have 12 teams, with half supported by the six entrants for the 37th America’s Cup. As for the others, they need to find the funding, something that Team Canada has done by securing three leading Canadian corporations.
At the Solo Maître CoQ Figaro circuit event which started on Tuesday out of Les Sables d'Olonne in France's Vendée region, a slightly frustrated Tom Dolan is sitting in 14th place heading into Thursday's 390 mile offshore race component.
After the first 2 events of the Contender Travellers Series were blown off, if was a relief for the Contender fleet to finally get the season under way at one of the premier locations in the UK, Highcliffe.
When Australia's 12 Olympic sailors take to the waters of Marseille in July this year, they'll wear the industry's first high-performance, neoprene-free wetsuits created by Sydney sailing apparel company Zhik.
While in fifth position in The Transat CIC fleet, Team Holcim-PRB skipper Nicolas Lunven alerted his shore team on Wednesday morning that the boat's bowsprit had broken.
A chilly grey day greeted 16 Lymington X One Designs for their first race of the season. Mike Cowan and his race team set a beat from the Platform to a moveable mark to the east a long run to A.
INEOS Britannia's new race boat for the 37th America's Cup has set sail for the very first time. The British Challenger's AC75 took to the water in Barcelona with Olympic Gold medallists Sir Ben Ainslie and Giles Scott at the Helm on Wednesday 1st May.
ILCA 6 dinghy sailor Erika Reineke (USA) missed out on qualification for Tokyo 2020, which makes earning a place at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games all the sweeter for the American athlete.
Applications are available to represent the USA at the inaugural Offshore Double Handed World Championship with the 2024 event to be held on September 24-October 1 in Lorient, France.
This, the tenth and final Fine Lines in this series ends up with a real example of what the thinking is all about, that near perfect fusion of style and function.
There are six America’s Cup teams, and all but the French have revealed the AC75 that will be used for the 37th America’s Cup competition. The Brits, Swiss, and USA are in Barcelona, the Italians are at their home base in Cagliari, and the Kiwis are in Auckland.
Three appointments are planned for what is to all extents and purposes the first yacht in a new generation of full foiling regatta sailing boats, starting from the Spring Regattas held next weekend in Portofino, Liguria.
Despite the US Sailing Team struggling at the Olympic Games, the nation remains a powerhouse on the podium, though tends to lag in the clothing competition.
A thrilling Thursday title tussle is on the cards after no racing was possible Wednesday at the 52 SUPER SERIES PalmaVela Sailing Week due to very strong winds on Mallorca's world renowned Bay of Palma.
It's been a big month for the America's Cup as four of the six teams unveiled their brand new AC75s. Years of development work and close to 100,000 hours of build time, there is plenty riding on each of these new launches.
Why knowing when to hit the brakes is as important as being comfortable with mind-bending speeds on today’s round the world offshore racers Among the elite
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