The 52 Super Series plans for 2016 include exciting new venues and new challenges as the world’s leading performance monohull circuit enters a successful fifth year. Read more The new TP52s have better performance, but it is up to crews to tweak rig and sails. And none do it better than this Botin &n Partners…

After the first race of the day, three boats shared the lead while Artemis had performed a superb comeback on day 2 of the LV AC World Series When asked how his close friend and skipper of Artemis Racing, Iain Percy would be feeling after his team’s run of poor performance and bad luck, Ben…

This great little video shows a party of intrepid wreck hunters intent on standing on the wreck of the SS Varvassi – until the tide comes in at the end…. How many people can stand on the wreck of the SS Varvassi? This great little video might just show a bizarre new record as a…

If a good start is the key to a good race, the last tack into the start and the first 60 seconds out of it are crucial, explains top America’s Cup sailor Terry Hutchinson The subtleties of a good start are more complicated than identifying a good spot to leeward and starting next to someone…

Mastering the art of sailing in light airs gives rewards. Jonty Sherwill asks Steve Benjamin how to keep going when the wind dies away The forecast was spot on, the breeze has slackened as pressure rises, but now with the remains of an open sea swell and the tide soon to turn against you, making…

We sailed with UK solo sailor Alan Roberts at Cowes Week 2015, where we were able to glean some valuable advice for the growing fleet of sailors that are taking to shorthanded sailing. Solo sailor Alan Roberts had the best British result in the Solitaire du Figaro in June 2015 During Cowes Week 2015, I…

The Portsmouth America’s Cup World Series event kicks off the 35th America’s Cup cycle, but it is also a new start for everyone from organisers to sailors and spectators. One skipper thinks it’s like going to the moon “We would like nothing more than to spoil the dream that Ben [Ainslie] and his team has,…

When a partnership is different from a sponsorship. Ben Ainslie Racing announce Land Rover deal The recent announcement of Land Rover as partners with Ben Ainslie Racing rather than sponsors is more significant than you might think. This, according to Mark Cameron, Land Rover’s Global Experiential Marketing Director, [yes, I had to stop and think…