The 99th Bacardi Cup opened on Miami's Biscayne Bay today with champagne sailing and a close finish that set the tone for the week ahead. On a 15 to 17 knot champagne day, 77 Star teams charged off the line for the first of six scheduled races.
On the latest episode of the Yacht Racing Life Podcast I'm joined once again by fellow British yachting journalist Magnus Wheatley to chew over the goings on at the third event of SailGP Season 6, which took place in Sydney, Australia over the past weekend.
With many still reeling from the shock of a close call with tragedy in Auckland there were questions aplenty for SailGP. But as the fleet was shipped across the Tasman Sea to the third event of Season 6 there seemed to be more questions than answers. PlanetSail's Matt Sheahan breaks it all down...
Taylor Canfield's United States SailGP Team has won the third event of Season 6 after a pulling off a commanding victory over of Emirates GBR and Spain's Los Gallos in the light wind event final on Sydney Harbour today.
Diego Botín's Spanish Los Gallos crew are the overnight leaders at the third event of SailGP Season 6 in Sydney, Australia after delivering a 5,1,1,5 Saturday scoreline that sees them lead from Tom Slingsby's hometown heroes in second and fellow Aussie Nathan Outteridge's Artemis (SWE) in third.
The Royal Ocean Racing Club has confirmed the Farr 100 Leopard 3 as the overall winner under IRC for the 2026 RORC Caribbean 600.
Brendan Casey has become the first Australian to win the Finn World Masters, after two races were sailed on the final day of the 2026 edition at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in Brisbane, Australia. In a very tight finish Rafa Trujillo (ESP) took second, ahead of Karl Purdie (NZL) in third.
This weekend’s third event of the 2026 SailGP season in Sydney, Australia will see the 11 foiling F50 catamarans race as a single fleet as the event organisers look to put the Auckland France/New Zealand crash in the rear-view mirror.
E.Leclerc's French Mach 50 Pananad 4 skippered by Antoine Magre has won IRC Zero in the RORC Caribbean 600 after taking class line honours in an elapsed time of two days, 10 hours, 32, minutes, and 31 seconds, and also posting the best IRC corrected time.
Remon Vos’ RP100 Black Jack 100 skippered by Tristan Le Brun has taken Monohull Line Honours in the 2026 RORC Caribbean 600, after completing the 600-mile course in an elapsed time of one day, 20 hours, 31 minutes, and 36 seconds.
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