Category Archives: General Sailing

The sailing triple gold medallist speaks of his delight at being chosen to start the Olympic flame relay across Britain Ben Ainslie will be the first of the 8,000 torchbearers to carry the Olympic flame across the UK. Continue reading →

ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL captured third in today’s second fleet race at ACWS – Venice and now stands sixth on the leaderboard after the first four races. Teammate ORACLE TEAM USA BUNDOCK holds eighth in the standings at the … Continue reading →

The America’s Cup World Series fleet raced on the Grand Canal of Venice Friday, the historic waters becoming a proving ground for some of the best sailors in the world. Each of the two Luna Rossa crews rose to … Continue reading →

The In-Port race in Miami will set the tone for the finale of the Volvo Ocean Race! However, it would seem that the light airs expected on Saturday (1700 UTC) in Florida, may upset the forecasts. Indeed, with two … Continue reading →

Racing in Venice’s Grand Canal presented a full set of challenges for the nine teams racing in the America’s Cup World Series today.   The French and Italian teams flourished, but it was a tough day for Terry Hutchinson … Continue reading →

Yet another great day for the French ENERGY TEAM in the America's Cup World Series, which started in Venice yesterday. The French team led by Loïck Peyron ended up on the podium twice in the day’s two races (3rd … Continue reading →

All seven of the IMOCA Europa Warm’Up fleet took to the waters off Barcelona today challenging each other down a timed track off the W-Hotel of just less than one mile. The fastest boat of the day was Banque … Continue reading →

Exercice de style au large de Barcelone. Les sept IMOCA de l’Europa Warm’Up se sont affrontés à coup de secondes sur un parcours chronométré d’un peu moins d’un mille, devant le port de la capitale catalane. Il fallait un … Continue reading →

It has been a week of extremes at the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Finn Gold Cup in Falmouth, UK and the final day was no different. Though a medal race was attempted, it was soon abandoned and an hour … Continue reading →

I am headed back to NYC to resume the Atlantic Cup racing after a quick trip home to see the fam and catch up on work. Today we have a skippers briefing on leg 2 from New York to … Continue reading →