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SailGP trial new 27-metre wingsail for possible use in Season 5 Grand Final

SailGP trial new 27-metre wingsail for possible use in Season 5 Grand Final

SailGP is in the final stages of testing a 27 metre wing sail configuration that could be used as early as the 2025 Season 5 Grand Final in Abu Dhabi in November.

Podcast: Building Real Pathways for Women in Sailing — The Magenta Project CEO, Vicky Low

Podcast: Building Real Pathways for Women in Sailing — The Magenta Project CEO, Vicky Low

I sit down with Vicky Low, CEO of The Magenta Project, to unpack how a volunteer-driven idea born out of the Team SCA all-women campaign in the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 has evolved into one of the sport’s most effective engines for getting more women into sailing.

Enzo Balanger Interview – Part 3: Executing on the plan

Enzo Balanger Interview – Part 3: Executing on the plan

In the final installment of our exclusive three-part feature on Enzo Balanger's victory at the 2025 Moth World Championships at Malcesine on Italy's Lake Garda the French sailor talks about dealing with pressure and explains how two breakdowns meant his win was far from a walk in the park.

New generation flagship

New generation flagship

Nautor’s range of Maxi Swans is evolving and the launch of the first Swan 128 points the way to the future for this long and iconic line of sailing yachts.

British Olympic campaigners take to social media over proposed Medal Race changes

British Olympic campaigners take to social media over proposed Medal Race changes

British Sailing Team members Micky Beckett and John Gimson have made their feeling's public on World Sailing's proposed plan to modify the Medal Race format at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

Ferrari Hypersail Update

Ferrari Hypersail Update

Last week I made a ‘trains, planes, and automobiles’ round trip to attend an update presentation on Giovanni Soldini’s Ferrari Hypersail project at the spectacular all-new North Sails loft in Genoa, Italy.

Glenn Ashby on the Ferrari Hypersail project

Glenn Ashby on the Ferrari Hypersail project

On the latest episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast I quiz Australian Olympian, two-time America’s Cup winner, and current wind-powered land speed record holder Glenn Ashby about his role as rig designer for the Ferrari Hypersail project.

Dutch Masterclass...

Dutch Masterclass...

I speak to Dutch Olympian Pieter-Jan Postma who dominated the 2025 Finn Masters Worlds in Medemblik, winning six of eight races despite a three-year absence from the class - showcasing sharp strategy, bold risk-taking, and a new mast-sail setup that proved decisive across a 301-boat fleet.

Enzo Balanger Interview – Part 2: Optimising the platform

Enzo Balanger Interview – Part 2: Optimising the platform

In the second installment of our exclusive three-part feature on Enzo Balanger's spectacular victory at the 2025 Moth World Championship, the French sailor talks about the hardware – the boat and a new steel rudder – that helped him win.

SailGP Geneva Analysis

SailGP Geneva Analysis

On the latest edition of the Yacht Racing Life Podcast British sailing journalists Justin Chisholm & Magnus Wheatley give an honest appraisal of a tricky weekend in Geneva: ultra-light winds and racing that was “mostly non-foiling” – at times dull for viewers and deeply frustrating for the crews.

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