What exactly is AI doing in America’s Cup sailing, and is it already taking over from the sailors? Inside America’s Cup Podcast host Niall Myant-Best talks with Nick Holroyd, Head of Design at the British America’s Cup challenge GB1. Holroyd outlines the technical side of how this transformative technology is already changing the game. And…

Twenty-four hours into the 2026 RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race, the fleet is stretched along the English Channel and approaching the next major strategic test to round Land’s End and the Isles of Scilly. Johnny Vincent’s Volvo 70 Pace leads on the water, racing at around eight knots and taking a more inshore line…

The Royal Ocean Racing Club has named James Neville’s Botin 52 Ino Veritas and Karl Kwok’s Botin 41 Beau Ideal as their two-boat team for the 2027 Admiral’s Cup. Both owners have been RORC members for more than 30 years and both competed separately in the 2025 revival of the Admiral’s Cup. Neville raced Ino…

Sailing Instructions for the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta Naples included key changes from the first Preliminary Regatta in Sardinia. One of the big changes is to the delay card system. In Sardinia, teams could request a single 5-minute delay ahead of the fleet races if they suffered any technical breakdown or issue…

American Racing Challenger Team USA (ARC Team USA) has announced the first six sailors selected to its founding AC75 sailing squad. The initial lineup comprises: Lucas Calabrese – Won bronze at 2012 Olympic Games in the 470 class. Key member of American Magic campaign during the 37th America’s Cup. Riley Gibbs – Previously member of…

The 2026 Europe Class European Masters Championship attracted 50 competitors from ten nations to Lake Biscarrosse-Latécoère, in the Landes region of south-west France from 2 to 8 August. French sailor Cyril Richard was crowned European Champion, winning seven of the ten races against a strong international fleet that included several former World champions and Olympians.…

The 2026 RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race started from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line in Cowes on Sunday 9 August. In bright sunshine, the 32 competing boats, crewed by 182 sailors from five continents, made a clean start, beating to windward in a light easterly breeze, and the fleet was soon racing east out…

The 2026 National Solo Championship, hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club, attracted an entry of 80 with a full range of age groups, from youth through to Veteran. The Solo class, designed by Jack Holt in 1956 continues its steady growth rate, with sail numbers now over 6100 and competition as keen as ever.…

British Sailing Team members took three medals – 2 Silver and 1 Bronze – in the final three Olympic Class events at the San Pedro Olympic Classes Regatta. Overall across the ten Olympic Class events at the Long Beach and San Pedro OCR British Sailing Team competitors won 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze,…

For this year’s North Sails Cowes Week the 200th anniversary celebrations bring back the Friday night Fireworks. Last seen in 2019, thanks to the support of new Title Sponsor, North Sails, the Cowes Week fireworks have returned. Over two centuries, Cowes Week has grown from a single race for seven yachts to a globally renowned…