Which rocks you on about?
by John Curnow, Sail-World.com AUS Editor
Australia is part of the 38th America's Cup. So where are they at? Australia is part of the 38th America's Cup. Given the seconf Preliminary Regatta has just occurred, where is Team Australia at? Best ask CEO, Grant Simmer OAM
Posted on 2 Oct Felix Weidling on the Women's Match Racing Worlds
by David Schmidt
Felix Weidling on the 2026 World Sailing Women's Match Racing World Championship Few regatta venues offer better sailing than San Francisco Bay. Combine this with 12 of the world's best women's match-racing teams and the 2026 World Sailing Women's Match Racing World Championship promises to deliver some of the year's best racing.
Posted on 29 Sep The Real Deal
by Mark Jardine
Naples, and Luna Rossa, deliver America's Cup Masterclass It's hard to overstate how important the Preliminary Regatta in Naples was for the America's Cup, when on the surface it was just a show.
Posted on 28 Sep Hannah Brewis Interview
by Mark Jardine
Journey from Clipper Race First Mate, to Skipper, to Deputy Race Director When it comes to the Clipper Race, Hannah Brewis has done it all. Starting as a First Mate during the Covid-affected race, on to Skipper in the last edition, and now she is the Deputy Race Director.
Posted on 25 Sep A WIC debrief with Cascadia Sailing's Jen Glass
by David Schmidt
A debrief report from the Women's International Championships with Jen Glass One of the hardest fought regattas of the year was the NYYC's Women's International Championships. The invitational event saw 20 star-studded, all-women's teams from 14 countries compete aboard the NYYC's fleet of identical IC37s on Narragansett Bay.
Posted on 24 Sep NYYC's WIC, StFYC's RBBS, SailGP news
by David Schmidt
Women's International Championship, Rolex Big Boat Series, and SailGP news This past week marked the inaugural edition of the NYYC's Women's International Championship, which took place on the waters off of Newport, Rhode Island, and which was contested aboard the NYYC's fleet of identical Mark Mills' designed IC37s.
Posted on 22 Sep On Board With Ollie!
by Mark Jardine
The ex-Charal IMOCA becomes Embrace the Challenge, modified for crewed sailing I went to see Oliver Heer in Gosport to talk about the new (to him) IMOCA 'Embrace the Challenge', which was Jérémie Beyou's Charal.
Posted on 21 Sep Women's International Championship kicks off
by Mark Jardine
Twenty teams have started racing at Newport, Rhode Island It's the opening day of the inaugural Women's International Championship at the New York Yacht Club and, without doubt, it is the stand-out event in sailing this week.
Posted on 15 Sep Mighty Mary, WIC, match racing
by David Schmidt
Mighty Mary, the NYYC's WIC and the Women's Match Racing Worlds I recently had the chance to stream Mary Mazzio's film, Mighty Mary, ahead of its September 11 debut. The film, which was narrated by Elizabeth Banks and Hugh Jackman, chronicles the first all-women's team to compete in the America's Cup defender trials.
Posted on 9 Sep Fly Higher. Travel Faster. Last Longer. - Pt. III
by John Curnow, Sail-World.com AUS Editor
Bring on the final of the Gitana 18 trilogy - the Ultim - Edmond de Rothschild In Part One of Fly Higher. Travel Faster. Last Longer. we got to see just how different Gitana 18 is, and most importantly, why so. Part Two raised the stakes, literally, by seeing how much higher Gitana 18 will fly, and at what speeds. Now for the finale
Posted on 9 Sep Return of the Doublehanders
by Mark Jardine
It doesn't feel that long ago when they seemed to be going out of fashion... It doesn't feel that long ago when doublehanders seemed to be going out of fashion. There was a new crop of singlehanded dinghies, led by the RS Aero, and it felt like everyone was sailing on their own.
Posted on 1 Sep SailGP news, GGR skippers assembled, team racing
by David Schmidt
SailGP notched another milestone in the evolution of sail SailGP notched another milestone in the evolution of sail- and foil-powered speed sailing this weekend at the Rockwool Germany Sail Grand Prix, when DS Automobiles SailGP Team France hit 58.11 knots.
Posted on 25 Aug VX Air Test Sail - Thrills without the Spills
by Mark Jardine
Taking the modern single trapeze doublehander for a spin on Portland Harbour The VX Air is a high performance two-person, single-trapeze dinghy designed by Brian Bennett, Ross Weene, and Mackay Boats. The hull is 4.78 metres long, that's 15 foot 8 inches, and has a beam of 1.74 metres, or 5 foot 9 inches.
Posted on 25 Aug Fly Higher. Travel Faster. Last Longer. - Pt. II
by John Curnow, Sail-World.com AUS Editor
Alphabet Soup - When it comes to appendages, we've had so many letters of the alphabet already When it comes to appendages, we've had so many letters of the alphabet already; C, T, L, J etc. The U rudders have always intrigued me. The answer lies in the higher flight of Gitana 18, meaning the rudders too are a half to one metre longer
Posted on 25 Aug 2026 Fireball World Championship Aftermovie
by Mark Jardine
All the daily action with sailor interviews and more! The 2026 Fireball World Championship, hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club, saw 85 boats competing with sailors from 14 nations represented.
Posted on 20 Aug Fly Higher. Travel Faster. Last Longer. - Pt. 1
by John Curnow, Sail-World.com AUS Editor
Nothing looks like the maxi Edmond de Rothschild. Nothing. So let's take a deep dive... And yes, as the pictures show, this is all about Gitana 18, the maxi Edmond de Rothschild. Not some new wonder pill. No matter how many ways you distill it, those three propositions about performance are entirely what the new Ultim is all about.
Posted on 15 Aug Cup news, Safe Harbor Race Weekend, Morgan Cup
by David Schmidt
America's Cup news, Safe Harbor Race Weekend, and Morgan Cup news Yesterday's announcement from American Racing Challenger Team USA detailing their preliminary sailing team roster will likely move the 38th Americas Cup a few clicks higher on your awareness radar.
Posted on 11 Aug Back where it belongs
by Mark Jardine
The bicentenary has reinvigorated Cowes Week At the end of the day, bicentenaries are just a nice round number, but the effect they can have on events are quite extraordinary. They galvanise people to come together, to push harder, to put on a show and, most of all, attend.
Posted on 8 Aug Never say die!
by John Curnow, Sail-World.com AUS Editor
Katie Spithill and the Women Racing team certainly own a fair dab of this trait Katie Spithill is the complete personification of the message, Never Say Die. As she says of herself, “Definitely. It is always there and available, and we are always fighting.”
Posted on 29 Jul SailGP news, TP52s, Olympic class regatta
by David Schmidt
SailGP update, 52 Super Series, San Pedro OCR SailGP's high-performance foiling circuit arrived in the Portsmouth, England, last weekend for the Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix, which was the first of four UK and European events that will stretch out through the end of the summer.
Posted on 28 Jul When Sailing Events Become Festivals
by Mark Jardine
Events which are breaking out from the norm are thriving This week I'm at Travemünder Woche, the huge sailing and seaside festival in Germany, which is steeped in tradition, but is putting sailing in front of a vast audience.
Posted on 23 Jul Chicago-Mac, J/70s, Olympic classes, Drheam Cup
by David Schmidt
CYC's Race to Mackinac, J/70 Nationals, Olympic class racing, and the Drheam Cup Between cycling, soccer (read: football), and tennis, sports have been enjoying a fine moment of late, and the sailing world is no exception.
Posted on 14 Jul The Cat Shot
by John Curnow, Sail-World.com AUS Editor
Fall over the bow and then horsepower gets you away. Decent America's Cup parallel me thinks... May 14, 2026 may well have been when the fighter was 'thrown' off the front of the carrier, as it were. Aviator saluted the Shooter, who then tapped the deck, and a couple of seconds later you disappear over the bow, only to climb back out into free air.
Posted on 14 Jul Guy deBoer on the 2026 GGR
by David Schmidt
A Q&A with Guy deBoer on the Golden Globe Race 2026 American Guy deBoer is unlikely to forget September 18, 2022. He was competing in the GGR 2022, when an prolonged exhaustion coincided with an windshift, and Spirit, his Tashiba 36, ran aground. Now, four years later, deBoer is preparing for the GGR 2026.
Posted on 8 Jul Think Destination, Do it Different
by Mark Jardine
Some unique events in sailing are thriving Attending and reporting on a myriad of events - which has admittedly eaten into my own sailing time - does give a unique perspective on what is working and what isn't in this day and age.
Posted on 7 Jul Take the long way home
by John Curnow, Sail-World.com AUS Editor
A few days ago, my phone lit up with a WhatsApp call from Michael 'Spiesy' Spies It was an email from Rob Brown OAM that was the genesis for The Kings of the Lowriders. During the calls that ensued, Michael 'Spiesy' Spies name came up.
Posted on 1 Jul TP52 Worlds, Kiel Week, and Bermuda Race news
by David Schmidt
The sailing world has been delivering its share of high-level news While the mainstream sports world has been (rightly) dominated by the ongoing World Cup for the last couple weeks, the sailing world has also been delivering its share of high-level news.
Posted on 30 Jun Tideway Dinghy Derby Video
by Mark Jardine & Loreto Rodriguez
It's been a long, long time since this race was last held! It's been a long, long time since this race was last held. 1977 in fact when 300 boats took part during the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
Posted on 25 Jun Seven decades of B&G innovation
by Mark Jardine
The Past, Present and Future of Marine Instrumentation 70 years is a long time for any company, but in marine electronics it's extraordinary. B&G was founded in 1956, and has been a pioneer in the sector ever since.
Posted on 23 Jun History-making Tideway Dinghy Derby
by Mark Jardine
On Saturday in London, 80 dinghies raced ten miles up and down the River Thames On Saturday in London, 80 dinghies raced ten miles up and down the River Thames as part of the Tideway Dinghy Derby supported by Laing O'Rourke, celebrating a cleaner tidal Thames and supporting a life-changing sailing programme for young people.
Posted on 22 Jun Inaugural X-Yachts Spanish Gold Cup Video
by Mark Jardine
Stunning conditions for three days of racing and celebration The Bay of Palma has become a natural mecca for Mediterranean sailing events. The central location, with easy access from mainland Spain, the French Riviera, Italy, and teams further afield coming across the Atlantic and through the Straits of Gibraltar.
Posted on 19 Jun Inaugural X-Yachts Spanish Gold Cup
by Mark Jardine
Palma provides the X-Factor for a fantastic event I've attended a couple of X-Yachts Gold Cups in Denmark, one in Aarhus and one in Haderslev, which has been the obvious location for the Danish boatyard to host events, but the yachts, and their sailors, have naturally ventured further afield.
Posted on 17 Jun Honoring the great Charlie Dalin
by David Schmidt
Honoring the great Charlie Dalin, Tasars, OK Dinghies, Musto Skiff, TP52, Bermuda Race I never had the chance to meet or interview the great Charlie Dalin, who passed away last Thursday at the age of 42, but his sailing career is the stuff of absolute legend.
Posted on 16 Jun Michaella McCloskey on SailGP's F50 licenses
by David Schmidt
A Q&A with Michaella McCloskey about SailGP's F50 licenses and demerit system SailGP offers some of the world's highest-performance on-the-water racing. Factor in more teams and the short racecourses and tight starting lines that the league has long used, and the objective risks are hard to ignore.
Posted on 16 Jun The Kings of the Lowriders
by John Curnow, Sail-World.com AUS Editor
Well before SailGP, there was Grand Prix 18-Foot Skiff Sailing, so what links the two? Rob Brown OAM reached out to me but a few weeks ago. Dangerous thing that, for it got me to thinking. As I pondered this, and reviewed that, I reached out to another great pal in Bill Macartney, to assess what I had been pondering.
Posted on 16 Jun At the mercy of the elements?
by Mark Jardine
Forecast fear, broadcast windows, and even mountains Possibly more than any other sport, sailing demands the right conditions to take place, specifically with the wind. Both too much and too little cause their own issues, but there are more factors at play...
Posted on 10 Jun The New York Sail Grand Prix Start Collision
by Mark Jardine
Video Analysis and Reaction On Sunday at the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix there was a collision involving three teams in the final seconds before the Race 3 start.
Posted on 2 Jun SailGP, J/70s, Women's 2v2 Team Race
by David Schmidt
SailGP visits NYC, J/70 Corinthian Worlds, Women's 2v2 Team Race SailGP's foiling circus arrived in the Big Apple last weekend for the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix (May 30-31), which was the only SailGP stopover that's set to unfurl on American waters this season.
Posted on 2 Jun The tech curve…
by John Curnow, Sail-World.com AUS Editor
It just marches on. Slide rule and Hewlett Packard be damned, these vessels are a tour de force It just marches on. The latest launchings for solo/crewed, mono/multi masterpieces are a tour de force when it comes to material science, electronics, engineering, physics, especially hydro and aerodynamics. Slide rule and Hewlett Packard be damned.
Posted on 2 Jun Video: Bizarre first day at the New York SailGP
by Mark Jardine
Swirling Winds, Crane Issues, 3 Boats Racing Swirling winds in New York caused major problems launching the fleet of F50s at the Mubadala Sail Grand Prix, so only 4 boats made it on to the water, and that was rapidly reduced to just 3 when the Bonds Flying Roos nosedived, causing significant damage.
Posted on 31 May Championships shine, AC wakes, SailGP adapts
by Mark Jardine
So much has been going on that it's tricky to even know where to start What a week for sailing! So much has been going on that it's tricky to even know where to start. There have been so many highlights, both in terms of the events I attended in the UK and what has been happening further afield.
Posted on 26 May Olympic class winners, Cup news, Etchells Worlds
by David Schmidt
49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships, Cup news, Etchells Worlds The Los Angeles 2028 Olympics are still years over the horizon, but top sailors are already deep into this Olympic quadrennial. Take the recent 2026 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships, where all three classes saw new world champions minted.
Posted on 19 May Australia's back!
by John Curnow, Sail-World.com AUS Editor
Like, did we ever leave the America's Cup? Not really… Like, did we ever leave the America's Cup? Not really… Ever since Sir Frank Packer KBE kicked it off, we've been there, or thereabouts. For instance, Grant Simmer OAM has been involved with every one of them since winning it in 1983.
Posted on 17 May Team Australia America's Cup launch videos
by John Curnow, Sail-World.com AUS Editor
Videos with key members of the team, Grant Simmer OAM, Glenn Ashby, and Tash Bryant Team Australia's challenge for the 38th America's Cup was launched yesterday at the Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club.
Posted on 14 May The Same, But Different
by Mark Jardine
A packed schedule coming up with a diverse range of events I am so enjoying reading all the event news now the season has begun in earnest in the UK. The sun has been plentiful throughout April and May, encouraging everyone to get back out on the water.
Posted on 12 May TP52s, IMOCA 60s, Congression Cup
by David Schmidt
52 SUPER SERIES and IMOCA 60 season openers, 61st Congressional Cup When the conversation turns to Grand Prix keelboat racing, it's never long before the 52 SUPER SERIES enters the mix. The 2026 season is will feature five events, starting with this week's Puerto Portals 52 Super Series Sailing Week.
Posted on 5 May Close Encounters…
by John Curnow, Sail-World.com AUS Editor
Of the Jimbo kind. To know Jim Close is to have an experience. To know Jim Close, aka Jimbo, or Mumbles, is to have an experience (Boom. Boom. Basil Brush). It's not a reflection. It's a casting of vision. Yes. What a trip. Part acid. Part journey through space. Part adventure in existentialism.
Posted on 4 May Rotters and Colanders
by Mark Jardine
Initiatives which blow preconceptions about sailing out of the water In these times it's all too easy to fall back on old adages about sailing, saying the costs are too high, it's elitist and things are in decline, but there are some incredible bright spots which blow preconceptions about sailing out of the water.
Posted on 28 Apr French Olympic Week and Charleston Race Week
by David Schmidt
Racing action at French Olympic Week and Charleston Race Week For many Americans, 2028 might feel like a far distant horizon right now, however for Olympic sailing hopefuls, the 2028 Summer Olympics, which will be held in and around the city of Los Angeles, are rapidly hoving into view.
Posted on 21 Apr Two things
by John Curnow, Sail-World.com AUS Editor
The first time something occurs it's happenstance. Next is circumstance. The third is enemy action. So, there's an axiom that states, the first time something occurs it's happenstance. The next is circumstance, and the third is enemy action. Now on paper, and under that ruling, that makes this here Ed the latter. Hhhmmmm.
Posted on 19 Apr