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AC40 Class
An internal structure upgrade package will be rolled into all AC40 yachts
Just days ago, Emirates Team New Zealand buried the bow of their AC40 while testing in waves on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, which resulted in damage to the forward sections of the hull and deck structure. While the on-water team was recovering the yacht and returning to dock, the team’s engineers immediately began reviewing onboard (...) -
2022 Women’s World Match Racing Tour
Pauline Courtois has won the World Women’s Match Racing Championships and Tour 2022
Pauline Courtois and her Match in Pink match racing team from France have successfully defended their world title winning the 2022 Barfoot & Thompson World Women’s Match Racing Championships in Auckland, New Zealand. The team were also crowned champions of the inaugural 2022 Women’s World Match Racing Tour World Match Racing (...) -
Racing | Foiling 69F
Youth Foiling Gold Cup : DutchSail Janssen de Jong are the 2022 champions
Champagne sailing conditions on the very last day of the 2022 season of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup, the Grand Final began last Thursday and in the four days of racing has had all kind of different wind and sea conditions, up until today, with the breeze blowing from south-east from 6 to 10 (...) -
44Cup Portorož World Championship
2022 44Cup: third consecutive event won by Charisma
While racing in 44Cup events usually goes to the wire, decided in the last few metres of the final race, this hasn’t been the case this year when the dominant force has been Monaco-based Dutchman Nico Poons and his Charisma team. -
Inshore racing
TF35 Trophy: Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi Red Bull Racing won the 2022 season
After yesterday’s five-race spectacular, today, the TF35 2022 season sadly finished with no wind on the Gulf of Follonica in Scarlino, Italy. Winner of the TF35 Trophy overall is Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi Red Bull Racing, whose victories at the Swiss events in Mies and at the Genève-Rolle-Genève, followed by a second place last (...) -
International Maxi Association
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez : Capricorno claimed IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge
At the end of a challenging week of maxi racing at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez when the wind never exceeded seven knots, conditions on the final day did at last prove too light and fickle to complete a race. While all four classes for the 46 boat fleet got under way, the wind vanished and at 1500 the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez’s (...) -
Inshore racing • TP52
52 Super Series: Quantum Racing are crowned Royal Cup champions in Italy
Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing won the Royal Cup 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino title today in Tuscany, Italy, their third regatta triumph of the five event 2022 52 SUPER SERIES season. They overturned a one point deficit to triumph by five clear points ahead of Takashi Okura’s Sled and now carry a five points lead forwards to the 2022 (...) -
RORC | Imoca, Class40, IRC
Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race : Pip Hare’s crew took Line Honours
IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA Medallia, skippered by Pip Hare, took Line Honours in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race in an elapsed time of 10 days 13 hours 23 minutes and 22 seconds. High pressure had dominated the early part of the race causing the Medallia team to take over seven days to get to Muckle Flugga. The second half of the (...) -
AC37 | AC75
37th America’s Cup: all of the bases located within the Port Vell area in Barcelona
“Like a jewel in the sun” was how Montserrat Caballé and Freddy Mercury described Barcelona in their famous song about the Catalan capital and the city is starting to shine as preparations are well underway to welcome the teams to their new bases. Base allocation is coming together, just four months after the venue announcement, (...) -
Inshore Racing | TP52
52 Super Series: Quantum Racing Crowned Rolex TP52 World Champions in Cascais
Cascais remains one of the most rewarding venues for the Quantum Racing team as Doug DeVos’ US flagged crew today lifted the 2022Rolex TP52 World Championship title, their third back-to back regatta win on the Atlantic waters off the Portuguese coast.
