In the centre of most IMOCA60 cockpits is a mass of control lines and coloured balls that look more like a weaving loom than the command station of an offshore 60 footer...
In this episode of PlanetSail, from Matt Sheahan, four of the world's fastest 32m long offshore trimarans head off on a 14,000 mile figure of eight race around the north and south Atlantic oceans...
Live Coverage of the 2019 Hyundai 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Oceania & World Championships is available, for a small fee. Is this the future of live broadcasting of sailing events?
A good crew is as important as your boat and sails. Your team of sailors is crucial for the success of your program and plays a large part in having fun on and off your boat. Quantum’s Jason Currie outlines his recommendations for managing your team...
The Brazilian Robert Scheidt is not human. At 46 years, his body remains a rock as does his sailing ability. Still going strong, the five-time Olympic medalist came within four points of a sixth medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics...
We just love this video of a Laser sailing in Southern Ocean waves! Well, not exactly Southern Ocean, more South of England. But pretty awesome all the same...
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...
