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How fast can one person sail around the world? Last year we thought we knew, but 12 months later when Francois Gabart smashed the previous record, the sailing world drew breath. Was this the ultimate limit to the ultimate challenge?...

The Medal Races in Miami are set to be windy today for the 49er, 49er FX, the RS:X Windsurfers and for the foiling Nacra 17s. Here's preview of the action....

The international regatta debut for Bora Gulari and Helena Scutt came nearly a half-year after it was initially scheduled. Not surprisingly, the Nacra 17 duo was chomping at the bit to get going on Day 1 of the 2018 World Cup Series Miami, USA. Bora is back on the horse. Well, the cat anyway....

Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban has been confirmed as the overall winner of the 2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart. With 28 races under his belt, this is the culmination of a quest to claim the top prize at one of the world’s most revered sporting occasions by one of Australia’s stalwarts of the sport of sailing...

The World Sailing Show gets aboard Phil Sharp and Pablo Santurde’ s Class 40 Imerys for a full-on, double handed 4,000 mile sleigh ride south to see how the pair took the coveted overall season title...

At 34 years of age, François Gabart obliterated – at his first attempt – the singlehanded round the world record. Gabart reduced the previous record by over six days, setting a new standard of 42 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds. For many, it was the standout sailing achievement of 2017. For some, it's one of the greatest sailing achievements of all time...

The radical new America’s Cup class design has just been revealed. A 75ft monohull with no keel that is it’s claimed will be faster than the foiling cats of the last Cup. The World Sailing Show takes a closer look.

Seven boats, seven hungry teams and one clear goal, to win the Volvo Ocean Race. Having trawled through team biogs, walked the boards and tapped into the dockside gossip, its time to set out the World Sailing Show form guide to the 45,000 mile race.

The next Volvo Ocean Race promises to be one of the closest in the history of the event. So after a four stage offshore practice session, how do the seven teams rate their prospects? Gitana 17, the world’s biggest foiling tri took her maiden flight....

The Rolex Fastnet Race, the sailor’s Everest and this year there was a bumper entry and some fiercely close racing. There was also a record turn out for the International Moth World Championships where the world’s rock stars gathered, hot foot from the America’s Cup....

The secrets behind Team New Zealand’s success. This month the World Sailing Show finds out why the Kiwis were so much faster than Oracle Team USA. Plus, new technology that gets you on board for the racing....

This month’s World Sailing Show comes from the heart of the 35^th America’s Cup, Bermuda where this beautiful mid Atlantic island put on a show like no other. Flying Cup boats, Superyachts, the J-Class and the Youth America’s Cup pulled the crowds...