After three races, Swiss sailors Yves Mermod and Maja Siegenthaler lead the overall standings after the first day of racing at the 470 World Championship in Enoshima, Japan. The Swiss pair opened their races with finishes of -6, 2, 1, in the blue fleet, giving them a one-point advantage over the French duo Manon Pennaneac’h…

Johnny Vincent’s Volvo 70 Pace continues to lead the Round Britain and Ireland Race on the water As of Wednesday morning they were just off the Hebrides around 320 mi from Muckle Flugga after quite a windy night. The breeze is still 20 to 25 knot due south, with the boat averaging speeds of 17…

On the opening day in Enoshima, Japan, the rain arrived but the wind did not. The fleet will be hoping for a very different forecast tomorrow. The first day of the 470 World Championships in Enoshima did not go quite as planned. After several days of fantastic sailing conditions before the first day of World…

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…