The dates and venue for the first America’s Cup preliminary regatta have been announced with AC40 racing due in September in the Catalonian port of Vilanova i la Geltrú The Catalonian port of Vilanova i la Geltrú, has today, Friday 17 March 2023, been announced as the Host Venue for the first Preliminary Regatta of […]
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What happened in the Cup – March 13, 2023: Alinghi Red Bull Racing sailed out of Barcelona in their AC75, with Dean Barker back onboard. American Magic sailed off Pensacola in their AC40 INEOS Britannia sailed off Mallorca, in their AC40 in light winds. Luna Rossa did not sail. Emirates Team New Zealand did not […]
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Matt Sheahan brings us up to speed with the ACCWing wingsail that could well become automated in the future The words ‘muscles’ and ‘sails’ are often included in the same sentence, such is the physical nature of our sport. But what I hadn’t expected to hear in a recent techie chat was talk of a […]
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What’s new is actually quite old. Bill Prince dives into the ups and downs of hydrofoils. We’re discussing a term in our design office today: Mustache foils. Pardon? Among the newly expanding genre of foiling powerboats, they’re hydrofoils attached to the lower units of outboard motors, shaped like Snidely Whiplash’s melodramatic handlebar mustache from the […]
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What happened in the Cup – March 1, 2023: American Magic rolled out their new AC40 One Design and sailed it for over five hours off Pensacola in 12kt winds. They performed 74 manoeuvres dry tacking/gybing in 57 of them – a good result for their first day of sailing. Their Dry Tack/Gybe % of […]
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Fear not, fans of Princess’s F Class flybridge motor yachts – the replacement to the F62 is updated, improved and refined in every area. Hugo Andreae drives the Princess F65… December in Plymouth doesn’t sound like the ideal time and place to test the new Princess F65. The air is cold, the mid-winter afternoons are […]
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Emirates Team New Zealand continued to train in the their two boat AC40 program, on a bright sunny day, in the Rangitoto Channel off North Head – otherwise known as Course C, or the Stadium Course from the 2021 America’s Cup This was also the venue for Auckland’s early match racing going back into the […]
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Five high-tech fully crewed foiling IMOCAs will take on 12,000 miles of Southern Ocean, passing all three ‘Great Capes’ in Leg 3 of The Ocean Race. Could offshore sailing fans ask for anything more, asks Toby Heppell? This weekend five crewed IMOCA 60s will take to the startline for the third leg of The Ocean […]
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Five of the six teams entered in the 2024 America’s Cup are sailing, some with only one boat, others with two, and Emirates Team New Zealand with three. With about 18 months left until the start of racing in August 2024, the various team strategies are unfolding and changing. Some look to be on their […]
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With foiling, your boundaries are endless. Garrett Cortese Special delivery: Sign up for the free Boating email newsletter. Subscribe to Boating magazine for $14 for 1 year and receive 4 bonus digital issues. The last few years have lent themselves to plenty of changes and advancements in the watersports world, but one that has seemed to grip these athletes […]
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Swiss sail again in their AC75 What happened in the Cup – Feb 12, 2023: Alinghi Red Bull Racing sailed out of Barcelona on February 12, having rigged and launched the AC75 on February 10. It was last sailed on February 1. The AC37 Recon team stated that the AC75 had been forced ashore by […]
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The Ocean Race: Spectacular speed and howling dogs on board Malizia in the closing stages of leg 2 The last few days in The Ocean Race have been all about speed – lots of it – and spectacular images and video captured by the OBRs, as the five-strong IMOCA fleet powers its way through the […]
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Brits test boat catches fire after double capsize INEOS Britannia – LEQ12 – Mallorca – February 8, 2023 – Day 24 INEOS Britannia, Britain’s challenger for the 37th America ‘s Cup, has suffered damage to their T6 Test Boat after a capsize incident during a test day on Palma Bay, Mallorca in Spain. The capsize […]
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Flo, formerly Pierre 1er, is the iconic 60ft trimaran which Florence Arthaud sailed to win the 1990 Route du Rhum, now returned to its golden glory and racing again There are many iconic raceboats, but few capture the feeling of an era as much as the 60ft trimaran in which Florence Arthaud won the 1990 […]
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The leaders are pushing hard to make miles towards Cape Town, but they are sailing towards a black hole of light winds that may yet have a final say… Today’s report is from IMOCA It’s been a long, exhausting but also thrilling second leg of The Ocean Race and the pattern is not going to […]
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What happened in the Cup – Feb 4, 2023: American Magic sailed off Pensacola in what was her final sail. The team will not be back on the water until early March, 2023. Luna Rossa sailed from Cagliari, in the fresh breeze of the Maestrale. Emirates Team New Zealand did not sail, with fresh onshore […]
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Competition for the one design flying catamarans of the GC32 Racing Tour will take place over three events and two venues in 2023. As it has done since 2016, the GC32 Racing Tour will start in Riva del Garda at what many consider is the ideal venue to race foiling sail boats. With its northern […]
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What happened in the Cup – January 27-28, 2023: Alinghi Red Bull Racing sailed January 27 from Barcelona in a cross swell sea state. INEOS Britannia sailed January 28 – and suffered their first capsize. Luna Rossa sailed January 27, with the AC37 Recon team asked to capture some specific points. American Magic did not […]
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A veteran marine journalist reflects on how fast power cats have evolved over the last few decades. When I first cranked up my marine-magazine career eons ago, most of the big magazines dispatched editors every year to the Chicago International Boat Show. And toward the end of the festivities in 1989, in a crowded aisle […]
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Large yachts move through this historic town to one of nine powerboat display halls (Plus accessories, sailing, diving and more). Courtesy boot Dusseldorf Finally, boot is back – the relief is clearly noticeable in the water sports community and among the Düsseldorf trade fair organisers. What was the annual highlight for the industry until 2020 […]
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