So here we go, the beginning of the final build-up to next year’s Vendée Globe as single-handed racing returns to the IMOCA Class, with the

Most developments in yachting are evolution, not revolution but every once in a while a boat is launched that’s a complete game changer, difficult to

SLAM CEO Enrico Chieffi talks about how the Italian company's partnership with Emirates Team New Zealand helps it make better products for sailors. Enrico Chieffi, CEO

In France they call him “The King of the Transat” and with good reason because, with his dominant victory in the Transat Jacques Vabre-Normandie le

From grand prix raceboats to superyachts, Synapse is taking load sensing to a whole new level and turning America’s Cup style data analysis into a

After 10 full days of open ocean racing the battle for the IMOCA podium places in the Transat Jacques Vabre 2023 continues to rage. The

Structured luff sails have created fresh challenges for deck and rig hardware designers with working loads going through the roof. These new challenges have spurred

Just in case you missed it, the latest guest on The Yacht Racing Podcast is Australian-born Luke Parkinson – a high-performance sailor who has carved

Sailing’s highest achievers were honoured at a glittering World Sailing Awards ceremony in Málaga. The 2023 Rolex World Sailor of the Year awards were presented

Super simple and super efficient, the ACCWing holds great promise for a wide range of watercraft. There have been many attempts at popularising wing sails but

French duo Armel Le Cléac’h and Sébastien Josse sailing Maxi Banque Populaire XI crossed the finish line of the 16th edition of the Transat Jacques

It's been hard not to get sucked into following every tactical move being played out on the waters of the eastern edge of the Atlantic

After 20 years as a leading supplier of A-sail and code sail furlers, Karver has finally designed a headsail furler – with some fresh ideas. When

An update from International Maxi Association secretary general Andrew Mc Irvine on the final stage of the IMA's 2023 season... We are back in peak Maxi

Never more true is the old adage that 'a picture is worth a thousand words' – as evidenced by this sensational gallery from British photographer

Anyone who has followed the growth of the IMOCA Class in recent years will be well aware that the boats are now going faster than

Elegance is a major preoccupation for the top brass at Nautor Swan and when they began to design their new flagship Swan 108, one of

After the Kiwis’ impressive America’s Cup win in Bermuda back in 2017 few could have predicted how big the changes were going to be in

To explain the thinking that goes into designing asymmetrical spinnakers, we interviewed three sail designers from UK Sailmakers: lead designer Pat Considine, UK Sailmakers Chicago;

Inspired by YYachts presents a solution to challenges faced by the sailing yacht industry – the Y Breeze 75 daysailer. This innovative vessel combines the elegance

The RC44 class has always had a particularly strong collaboration with Harken. ‘Back when the boat was launched, the RC44 came with the best winch

Every season, the best of the best from Europe, North America and beyond converge in the Caribbean for a healthy mix of sun, sailing, racing

The vibrant (and growing) shorthanded racing community in the UK has a plan for further growth – inspired by even greater success in France. Shorthanded racing

Credit is due, once again, to Alegre owner Andy Soriano. In summer 2017 he was first to commit to building a new TP52 for 2018

For four years Brad Marsh, now chief technology officer at Doyle Sails, arguably had one of the most stressful jobs in international sailing. As technical director

Halifax has been selected as the first-ever city in Canada to host a Sail Grand Prix. The inaugural ROCKWOOL Canada Sail Grand Prix will take

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There is no denying that in recent years professional yacht racing’s four top properties – The Ocean Race, America’s Cup, SailGP, and Olympic sailing –

X-Yachts announces the latest model in its Xc series of blue water cruising boats with bold claims and some new design features. Few brands in the

Ben Ainslie’s Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team has leapfrogged from fourth to second in the overall SailGP Season 4 standings after a consummate performance in

After finishing on the end of season overall podium five times, Harm Müller-Spreer and his German flagged Platoon crew finally clinched the 2023 52 Super

Spanish ocean racer Alex Pella and a four person crew aboard the revamped 33-metre (109.1-foot) maxi catamaran Victoria have set off from Bilbao on a

Examining what happens behind the scenes at Sevenstar’s Racing Yachts’ logistics division reveals the huge amount of work, knowledge and experience needed to reliably and

A+T’s new processor offers a wealth of new user-programmable features. A+T Instruments specialise in very well-designed and engineered displays and processors for superyachts and race boats

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The IMOCA class can be said to be in a period of transition. Rudder elevators are (still) prohibited so designers and teams have been putting

The Southern Wind shipyard has been developing and evolving its own innovative construction techniques over the last 20 years, with 42 boats built – and

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Designed for fast-paced inshore regattas where the sailors’ agility is just as crucial a factor as their strength is and endurance, Musto’s lightweight LPX collection

Faster tacks, smart logic, easy operation. Diverse Performance Systems has found some intriguing new ways to improve on the standard water ballast system. Fully crewed IRC

An update on the International Maxi Association from the class secretary general Andrew McIrvine. I started writing this in Livorno, Tuscany, sheltering from yet more torrential

Despite great expectations the start of the 2022 52 Super Series was pretty awful for Provezza. Between afterguard illness requiring reshuffles and a broken forestay

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HH Catamarans has embraced a philosophy of ‘future-proofing’ its luxury multihulls with a wide range of cutting-edge technologies. It's rather common to make claims in the

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A new semi-custom racer from judel/vrolijk and Oceantec takes the Class40 concept back to its roots – with an extensively optimised IRC rating and a

However big you build it, Doyle Sails can design and deliver a tailor-made package of high-performance sails. What do more than 80 per cent of Southern