Six teams have entered the race for the 35th America’s Cup: ORACLE TEAM USA (USA), the defending champion, Artemis Racing (SWE), Ben Ainslie Racing (GBR), Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL), Luna Rossa Challenge (ITA) and Team France (FRA)
Today, Artemis Racing officially launched its challenge to win the 35th America’s Cup at an inspirational event in Sweden’s capital
After four action packed days of match racing and fleet racing, near gale force winds and substantial breaking waves on the race course caused the concluding races of the 2014 RC44 Marstrand World Championship to be cancelled
Local Swedish fans were rewarded on the penultimate day of the RC44 Marstrand World Championship when Torbjörn Törnqvist’s Artemis Racing dramatically improved its performance, following mid-fleet finishes over the last two days
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing's Volvo Ocean 65, Azzam, skippered by Ian Walker, crossed the finish line of the 2014 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race off the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes at 22.20.28 BST on Friday 15th August 2014 with an elapsed time of 4 days, 13 hours, 10 minutes, 28 seconds
Three more races were held today at the RC44 Marstrand World Championship with a further three teams claiming race wins. Chris Bake’s Team Aqua has now taken the overall lead, but is just one point ahead of today’s decisive winner, Vladimir Liubomirov’s Bronenosec Sailing Team, in turn one ahead of the leader going into today’s racing, Dutch RC44 newbie Nico Poons and his Charisma team
Significant crew changes for nine of the 11-boat fleet. Cardiff Harbour Festival eagerly awaits the return of the Extreme Sailing Series, presented by Land Rover that in 2013 attracted 120,000 spectators
Fleet racing at the RC44 Marstrand World Championship got underway today in lively conditions, delivering a mix of sun with occasional torrential rain, strong winds with occasional lulls, plus, in race three, a giant squall
Vestas, the world’s leading wind energy company, was today announced as the seventh and final boat for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
Team Alvimedica have completed their line-up for the forthcoming Volvo Ocean Race by confirming Matt Noble as the final crew member
Team Alvimedica have completed their line-up for the forthcoming Volvo Ocean Race by confirming Matt Noble as the final crew member
Alberto Rossi's Enfant Terrible from Italy, Jaak Jögi's Forte from Estonia, and Giuseppe Giuffre's Low Noise from Italy are all crowned as new ORC World Champions
The Royal Ocean Racing Club has issued a statement announcing that the start of the 2014 edition of the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race has been postponed by 21 hours. The new start time will be 0900 on Monday 11th August 2014
Bertha forces the Race Committee to reverse the course to sail anticlockwise around Great Britain and Ireland. The start will still be from the Royal Yacht Squadron to the East
Destopnews 2014 N°32 English Sailing Updates
Andrew Mason of VIRTAC provides an excellent and in-depth analysis of the upwind sailing aspects of the AC62's, the recently-unveiled boats to be used in the 35th America's Cup
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has lodged a challenge for the 35th America’s Cup
Over a long, hot coastal race at the Copa del Rey Mapfre on the Bay of Palma, Rán Racing proved the value of their back-to-basics approach when they took the winning gun to return themselves to second place in the overall standings as the six day, 11 race regatta approaches its midpoint.
Andrew Mason of VIRTAC provides an excellent and in-depth analysis of the upwind sailing aspects of the AC62's, the recently-unveiled boats to be used in the 35th America's Cup
Quantum Racing maintained their very polished consistency, scoring two second places to extend their overall lead in the Barclays 52 SUPER SERIES class at the 33rd Copa del Rey on the Bay of Palma