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Runners and Riders for 52 Super Series St Tropez Season Opener

Runners and Riders for 52 Super Series St Tropez Season Opener

The 2025 52 Super Series season kicks off next week in Saint-Tropez with 11 teams locked, loaded, and ready after months of prep. No clear favorite means wide-open racing on the Côte d'Azur as the world's best TP52 crews chase early glory on one of sailing’s biggest stages.

Matosinhos-Porto Fly-By completes the route for The Ocean Race Europe

Matosinhos-Porto Fly-By completes the route for The Ocean Race Europe

With this summer’s edition of The Ocean Race Europe fast approaching, race organizers have confirmed the final piece of the puzzle: a high-stakes Fly-By in Matosinhos-Porto, Portugal, during Leg 2 of the event.

Young Gun Match Racers Assemble in Long Beach for Ficker Cup

Young Gun Match Racers Assemble in Long Beach for Ficker Cup

There’s no room for faint hearts or fluffed manoeuvres this weekend as eight match racing teams swagger into Long Beach, Ca. for the 2025 Ficker Cup — a bruising, no-second-chances shootout where only two crews will emerge with golden tickets to the big dance: the 60th Congressional Cup.

Billionaire Bailout?

Billionaire Bailout?

The exit of two billionaire-backed syndicates – Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos Britannia and Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi Red Bull Racing – as potential challengers for the 38th America's Cup is a worrying indicator for the future of sailing's oldest and most prestigious competition.

Heading Home

Heading Home

The 2025 season started well for maxi yachting: first was the RORC Transatlantic Race followed by the latest venture for maxis in the Caribbean, an inshore regatta, the Nelson’s Cup Maxi Series, followed immediately by the RORC Caribbean 600 – reports IMA Secretary General, Andrew McIrvine.

Returning Heroes

Returning Heroes

When a single point decided the 2024 52 Super Series season championship, no one wants to start the 2025 circuit by giving anything away in the first few races of May's 2025 season opening event in Saint Tropez.

Rob Wilson: Inside The Life Of A SailGP Coach

Rob Wilson: Inside The Life Of A SailGP Coach

Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team coach Rob Wilson shares his insights into the evolution of the SailGP coaching role—from limited chase boat support to giving real-time tactical input from a high-tech booth ashore—and gives us a behind-the-scenes look at one of SailGP's most high pressure roles.

Alinghi Red Bull Racing Pulls Out of AC38

Alinghi Red Bull Racing Pulls Out of AC38

There was more bad news for America’s Cup holders Emirates Team New Zealand over the Easter weekend, as Swiss syndicate Alinghi Red Bull Racing confirmed it will not be mounting a challenge for the 38th America’s Cup.

British Vendée Globe Skipper Sam Goodchild

British Vendée Globe Skipper Sam Goodchild

Justin Chisholm’s guest on the Yacht Racing Life Podcast is the British solo around-the-world sailor Sam Goodchild.

Launching into Europe

Launching into Europe

With military-spec materials, design awards and pro sailor endorsements, Mustang Survival unveils its new ranges of lifejackets and foul weather gear.

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