For sailors from Europe, North America and Australasia, the China Cup International Regatta arrives at the perfect time in the year. In early November, the temperature in Shenzhen hovers around the mid to late twenties, perfect T-shirt weather during the day with the occasional need for a light jacket in the evenings....

Professional sailor and coach Pip Hare - along with Volvo Ocean Race winner and top offshore skipper Brian Thompson - guides you through how to deal with a spinnaker downwind......

Cheche Team conquered the Beneteau 40.7 one-design fleet at the China Cup International Regatta after a lack of wind meant no racing in Shenzhen on the final day of competition. The only fleet that managed a race on Sunday was in IRC A, with Phoenix winning the race and cementing her place at the top of the podium... 

Another race win for Cheche Team has virtually wrapped up victory for the Spanish with a day to spare in the Beneteau 40.7 one-design fleet at the China Cup International Regatta. Rayco Tabares Alvarez and his crew seized on a little match race that was playing out between two of their rivals on the windward/leeward race course...

Cheche Team from Spain extended its lead in the Beneteau 40.7 one-design fleet on day three of the China Cup International Regatta. However, it was Craig Monk’s young crew on ChinaOne.Ningbo who won the last race of the day, a huge feather in the cap for this up and coming team. Monk, a New Zealand veteran of the Olympics and America’s Cup, wants to promote this bunch of 20-something Chinese sailors to the very top of the sport...

Cheche Team from Spain flipped the switch on day two of the China Cup International Regatta in Shenzhen to dominate racing in the Beneteau 40.7 one-design fleet. Julio Bernardeau Navarro steered his crew to scores of 1,3,1 - by far the most consistent set of results - and has displaced the Uruguayan team Fjord III from the top of the leaderboard...

Scott Perry skippered his crew on Fjord III to victory in the Beneteau 40.7 one-design fleet on day one of the China Cup International Regatta in Shenzhen. The Uruguayan/ Argentinean team beat many of the more highly-fancied teams, making the most of the light but very fluky conditions on Daya Bay...

A strong team from Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is among the many international competitors who are coming to the 13th edition of the China Cup International Regatta for five days of racing from 6 to 10 November in Shenzhen. Two years ago the Kiwis won arguably the toughest division in this regatta, the Beneteau 40.7 one-designs, but last year were outsailed by an Australian/ Chinese team...

Two more America’s Cup AC75s launched in October. Luna Rossa is unveiled in Sardinia while INEOS Team UK are foiling on the Solent. Also in Sardinia was the 52 Super Series finale where home team Azzurra look to secure the season title against the high-powered fleet of grand prix monohulls...

The first America’s Cup AC75s have been launched. We are with the American and New Zealand teams as they make history when they foil their monohulls for the very first time. In Mallorca the TP52 World title changed hands as German boat Platoon marched ahead in the 52 Super Series...

It's hard to recall a grand prix circuit that has hit the water running at such a pace as SailGP. The conclusion of Season 1 in Marseille was a nailbiter, especially for an Aussie supporter like Nic Douglass, Sailor Girl herself. Nic wanted to cheer for Tom Slingsby and Team Australia, but equally for another Aussie skipper Nathan Outteridge, at the helm of Team Japan. Nic and Andy Rice look back on the first season and wonder what's going to happen for Season 2 as SailGP moves to establish itself as a truly commercially viable circuit....

YouRegatta Makin' Waves - Carter White sails with his YouRegatta team and their new Quantum Sails. Photo by Chris Howell.

Shortly after joining Quantum Sails in early 2019, Carter White hit the J/24 racecourse and made quite an impact. Carter credits his success to his team, proper rig tune, and nailing the start...