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Preparing For A Major Championship: Final Week Checklist

Preparing For A Major Championship: Final Week Checklist

It’s the last week before a regatta you’ve been preparing for months for. What do you do? In the first of an occasional series exclusively for Yacht Racing Life, Dan Self from the The Layline coaching website has some excellent tips on where your focus should be.

'Los Gallos' Primed For Action As SailGP Returns In New York

'Los Gallos' Primed For Action As SailGP Returns In New York

Spain’s SailGP Team returns to action in New York this weekend, riding high after a dramatic win at the last event in San Francisco. With Season 5 heating up and the fleet tighter than ever, Diego Botín’s team is chasing consistency—and the overall lead.

A Classic Race Reborn: Yachting Monthly Celtic Triangle Race

A Classic Race Reborn: Yachting Monthly Celtic Triangle Race

Back for 2025, the revived Yachting Monthly Celtic Triangle Race offers solo and double-handed crews a 600nm offshore challenge starting in Falmouth, UK and with stopovers in Ireland and France. It's a classic race reborn—with big ambitions and a growing following. Ed Gorman finds out more.

Editor's Notebook

Editor's Notebook

Team Racing World Championship | Casa Vela Cup | 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race | 151 Miglia | Wally Rocket 51

Better than New and Ready to Race

Better than New and Ready to Race

The iconic J Class yacht Rainbow has just completed an astonishingly comprehensive programme of refit works and performance optimisation – and she has never had quite so much regatta potential.

Cap pour Elles Winners Prepare for Transat Café l'Or Challenge

Cap pour Elles Winners Prepare for Transat Café l'Or Challenge

Spain’s Aina Bauza and France’s Axelle Pillain are set to tackle the 2025 Transat Café l'Or aboard the Class 40 Grand Rhino, after earning the ‘Cap pour Elles’ scholarship. With just months to prepare, the duo is training hard and seeking sponsors for their Class40 transatlantic challenge.

Emirates Team New Zealand Unswayed By 'Gang of Three' Statement Onslaught

Emirates Team New Zealand Unswayed By 'Gang of Three' Statement Onslaught

The America's Cup Defender Emirates Team New Zealand has responded to yesterday's barrage of critical statements from the Swiss, British, and American challengers with a curt public rebuttal.

Spain’s Jordi Xammar & Marta Cardona Target 470 World Championship Title

Spain’s Jordi Xammar & Marta Cardona Target 470 World Championship Title

Spain’s Jordi Xammar and Marta Cardona are targeting 470 World Championship gold after an impressive European title win—just 40 days into their new Olympic campaign. With strong early results and big ambitions, the duo are quickly becoming Spain's ones to watch on the Olympic circuit.

AC38: Athena Racing and American Magic issue follow up statements

AC38: Athena Racing and American Magic issue follow up statements

Both the British Challenger of Record Athena Racing and American Magic have issued their own statements following the one issued earlier today by Alinghi Red Bull Racing.

Alinghi Red Bull Racing Weighs In To Support British And American Challenger Concerns

Alinghi Red Bull Racing Weighs In To Support British And American Challenger Concerns

Despite withdrawing last month as a potential challenger for the 38th America's Cup, Switzerland's Alinghi Red Bull Racing has today released a statement supporting the stance taken by the British and American teams in calling for more transparency from the Defender – Emirates Team New Zealand.

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