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...

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...

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...