The GC32 World Championships sees the fastest, flying cats foiling for honours in Lagos, Portugal. The Worlds attracted the best sailing talent from Olympic royalty to America’s Cup winners. Sir Ben Ainslie leads INEOS Rebels UK, while Team New Zealand’s Glenn Ashby is a late addition to the squad of defending champions Team Tilt....

In July 2018, just two days after her 25th birthday Nikki Henderson became the youngest skipper ever to complete an around the world race when she finished second in the 2017/18 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. According to Nikki, good leadership is not about barking orders, it’s about fostering an atmosphere of shared responsibility and finding out what really motivates the individuals on your team....

How is that some of us sail and race all our lives, yet the results barely change throughout our racing careers? While others can breeze into the sport and learn the ropes so quickly? In just five years, Tom Kneen has gone from absolute beginner in offshore racing to potential Fastnet winner. We spoke to the owner of JPK 11.80 Sunrise to find out what makes Tom tick....

In Olympic circles nobody talks about having a bad day, writes Ben Remocker. The cliched quote most often heard in post racing interviews is about lessons learned. Unless the lesson can be explained, don’t believe it, despite how often the phrase is repeated...

This month on the World Sailing Show the brand new SailGP tour heads to the Big Apple. Lake Geneva throws up a storm of a race and Tokyo is calling in Marseille. The world’s toughest keelboat racing circuit, the 2019 52 Super Series tour, kicks off in Menorca.

IN BRIEF
Learning to fly a foiling monohull that will travel at multihull speeds yet with no keel is to master a balancing act that has never been tried in sailing. But as the 36th America’s Cup draws closer, teams need to learn how to fly on two foils in preparation for the launch of their 75ft Cup boats...

North Sails Tim Healy shares some tips on maximizing crew technique in flat water marginal planing conditions, when you're not quite sure which mode to sail in. Head up for pace? Or soak for shorter distance?

The first edition of FINNFARE in 2019 has been published with the amazing photo of Giles Scott bursting through a wave on the final reach during the medal race in Palma, brilliantly caught by Junichi Hirai of Bulkhead Magazine. There's a deep analysis of hiking styles and did you know that, 'when you are sailing close to the boat in front of you, you are enjoying a current of 2 knots with you?' Neither did we!

IN BRIEF
It has taken two years to create and has required absolute secrecy throughout. As Thomas Coville’s new 32m trimaran was rolled out into the open we got to see why his team had been so tight-lipped about their new beast of a boat...

Stu Bithell is looking to win a 49er Olympic medal to go with the 470 silver he won at London 2012, and he's also spending time on Slough Industrial Estate, learning how to sail at 45 knots....