After the first event of Season 6 in Perth saw both Los Gallos and the Black Foils sidelined by serious damage to their boats, SailGP’s technical teams have executed a remarkable turnaround – ensuring both teams will be back on the water for the Auckland Sail Grand Prix next weekend.
Francesca Clapcich & Will Harris’ second place finish in the 2025 Transat Café L’OR is all the more impressive given that it was Clapcich’s first race in charge of the boat she will use in the 2028 Vendée Globe. We checked in with Harris recently to get his take on how the race played out.
Although it’s often Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton’s shoot-from-the-lip soundbites making the headlines, chief operating officer Kevin Shoebridge has also been key to the team's many America’s Cup successes. I caught up with him in Naples to get his take on the latest Kiwi campaign.
The Reuters news agency has reported that the 38th America’s Cup deadline for late entries has been extended beyond January 31 for two further months.
From SailGP’s globe-trotting Season 6 to the return of the America’s Cup, new ocean-going foilers, classic offshore races and packed dinghy championships, and much more besides – 2026 is shaping up to be a blockbuster year for yacht racing fans. Here’s a guide for what to look forward to...
Emirates Team New Zealand have beefed up their sailing team line-up with the addition of Australian double Olympic medallist Iain Jensen – previously a long-term member of the British GB1 syndicate.
In this episode of the Yacht Racing Life podcast, I speak with navigator Will Oxley about his recent experience racing the foil-assisted superyacht Raven in a transatlantic race.
The Spanish leg of SailGP Season 6 will take place in the Mediterranean city of Valencia over the weekend of September 5-6, 2026 as part of a three-year deal announced by the international circuit today.
It looked touch and go over the final few days of their 28,000-nautical mile nonstop circumnavigation of the planet, but yesterday Thomas Coville and his five-strong crew aboard the Ultim trimaran Sodebo set a new Jules Verne Trophy benchmark time of 40 days, 10 hours, and 45 minutes.
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