Britain’s Martin Wrigley and Bettine Harris take lead at the 470 World Championship in Enoshima, Japan. Wrigley and Harris won the first two gold fleet races, and with carry-forward (CF) after discarding a 15th in the third race, have a one point lead from Tetsuya Isozaki and Yurie Seki of Japan (-8, 7, 3). In…

While Emirates Team NZ have been piling up the on-water hours downunder, two other AC teams have been on the water in Europe’s very different conditions. Italy’s Luna Rossa and La Roche-Posay Racing Team of France are well out of their commissioning phase and fully into development and race training. Luna Rossa had four solid…

Spain’s defending champions Jordi Xammer and Marta Cardona lead after completion of the qualifying races at the 2026 470 World Championship in Enoshima, Japan. Xammer and Cardona (1, 5) lead by three points from Malte Winkel and Bente Batzing (1, 2) of Germany, with third Manon Pennaneac’h and Pierre Williot (7, -19) of France. Overnight…

While we suffer record heat and drought conditions here in the UK and across a lot of Europe, New Zealand is into its winter and the Kiwi America’s Cup defenders, Emirates Team NZ, is testing and training in fresh to strong winds with frequent rain squalls. The Kiwis have sailed their AC75 on 20 days…

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…