Just one month to go until the 48th edition of the Palamós Christmas Race, a benchmark regatta for both Olympic and dinghy sailing in the winter season, to be held in the waters of the Bay of Palam…

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22.11.2024

On the Record – The inside take from INEOS Britannia skipper Ben Ainslie – XS Sailing

Now the dust has settled on the 37th America’s Cup, it’s the perfect time to look back on how things played out both on and off the water with Ben Ainslie… Read more on Sail Web

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22.11.2024

New leader in the Vendée Globe – XS Sailing

(November 21, 2024; Day 12) – Thomas Ruyant (VULNERABLE) took over the lead of the Vendée Globe solo race round the world very early this morning benefiting from his position to the west of his riv…

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22.11.2024

Call for Bids – XS Sailing

The 49er and Nacra 17 Classes invite expressions of interest from host cities, sailing clubs, and organizations to bid… Read more on Sail-World

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18.11.2024

Vendee Globe – Sam Goodchild speeds back into the Vendee race lead on Sunday – XS Sailing

British skipper Sam Goodchild took back the Vendee Globe lead in the 18:00 Ranking Sunday and continued to lead at the 22:00 Ranking… Read more on Sail Web

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18.11.2024

Season opening SailGP Dubai event to feature newbies Mubadala Brazil and Red Bull Italy teams – XS Sailing

For the opening SailGP event of the season, the Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas, 23-24 November 2024, the global racing will comprise of eleven F50 race teams. Read more…

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18.11.2024

America’s Cup competitor dies at 27 – XS Sailing

The 8-person crew on the AC75 for the 37th America’s Cup had four people sailing the boat, and four people on cycles to power the systems. The cyclors were mostly not known within the sailing commu…

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14.11.2024

New record set in Vendée Globe – XS Sailing

Nicolas Lunven, the skipper of the IMOCA Holcim-PRB, broke the outright solo monohull 24-hour record on the second day of the 2024-25 Vendée Globe. Opting for a more westerly route than the fleet, …

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12.11.2024

skaw skow – XS Sailing

Well ok then. I mean sure, whatever floats your boat. It does look pretty cool inside though… Read more on Sailing Anarchy

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12.11.2024

Vendee Globe: Race favorite hits lead – Day 2 – XS Sailing

Race favorite Charlie Dalin has taken the lead of the Vendee Globe single handed non-stop around the world race, on the morning of Day 2. Read more on Sail-World

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12.11.2024

Racing home from Europe – XS Sailing

Racing yachts are meant to be raced, so rather than strapped to a shipping cradle for a trip to North America, the 2025 RORC Transatlantic Race departs from the Canary Islands on January 12 for the…

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12.11.2024

now it gets real – XS Sailing

After a gentle start and a peaceful first night of the Vendee Globe, the entire fleet will begin this evening rounding Cape Finisterre. The conditions will be tough – 30 knots of wind, gusts of 40 …

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11.11.2024

18ft Skiff Sixt Spring Championship Race 4 – XS Sailing

Strong southerly winds, gusting to more than 30 knots, forced the cancellation of today’s Race 4 of the Sixt Spring 18 footer championship on Sydney Harbour… Read more on Sail-World

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11.11.2024

10th Vendée Globe Underway! – XS Sailing

The official start of the Vendée Globe took place today at 13:02. The skippers have now set off on the most famous and challenging of circumnavigations, with more than 24,000 nautical miles (45,000…

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07.11.2024

Avoiding collision during Vendée Globe – XS Sailing

Based on the nine past editions of the Vendée Globe, on average only 60% of competitors finish. Most retirements are due to technical issues, while some are either forced to pull out or continue ba…

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05.11.2024

Meet the Vendée Globe Racing Fleet – XS Sailing

The Vendée Globe is arguably the pinnacle of solo ocean racing. On November 10, 40 skippers will set out from Les Sables d’Olonne, France, with the aim of sailing nonstop, unassisted around the wor…

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04.11.2024

Massive design flaw caused tragedy – XS Sailing

Peter Swanson’s Loose Cannon blog has been reviewing the Perini Navi built 184-foot luxury yacht which capsized at anchor, leading to seven of 22 people on board perishing. Here’s his latest report…

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04.11.2024

The oldest footage of bizarre wind-powered craft – XS Sailing

Last week we looked at craft which chased the wind speed record. Whilst they did not always look conventional, they still had a certain sanity about them. Our video archive has uncovered some desig…

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04.11.2024

18ft Skiff Sixt Spring Championship Race 3 – XS Sailing

Another impressive performance by the talented Rag & Famish Hotel 18ft skiff crew of Harry Price, Max Paul and Finn Rodowicz secured the team their second win of the series when they took out R…

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03.11.2024

New standards set in historic 37th America’s Cup – XS Sailing

On October 19th, 2024, Emirates Team New Zealand secured an historic victory in the America’s Cup match, defeating INEOS Britannia by 37 seconds in the final race, with a final scoreline of 7…

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03.11.2024

How to follow the Vendée Globe – XS Sailing

Next Sunday, that is the 10th of November, the 40 skippers of the Vendée Globe will start the 10th edition of the legendary solo non stop round the world race… Read more on Sail-World

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03.11.2024

SailGP: Nationality rules changed for Season 5 – XS Sailing

With the privately owned teams cherry picking talent from the established teams and others, it is clear that the SailGP team rules have been amended since Season 4. The League explains the new nati…

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31.10.2024

Foil and frolic in Pensacola – XS Sailing

Foiling Week, which hosts events dedicated to foiling boats, their sailors, designers and manufacturers, will be coming to the USA in 2025 for Foiling Week Pensacola on February 24-March 2 in Pensa…

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31.10.2024

Vendee Globe: Crazy Kiwi racing on renewables – XS Sailing

In the 2016 Vendee Globe, Conrad Colman became the first competitor in Vendee Globe history to finish without using a drop of fossil fuel during his circumnavigation. He plans on repeating the feat…

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30.10.2024

done and dusted – XS Sailing

The final word on the America’s Cup! When the decision to move away from Auckland because the then New Zealand government reckoned the America’s Cup wasn’t worth supporting to the required level. M…

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30.10.2024

Can America’s Cup tech save the world? – XS Sailing

Is the America’s Cup a futures influencer? Or just a billionaire’s playground and a big waste of money? Jan Pehrson looks for answers following the4 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona, Spain: Some peo…

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24.10.2024

Red Bandit steals home – XS Sailing

At 17:00 CEST on Wednesday, 23 October, the winner of the 45th edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race was announced as the German TP52 Red Bandit, skippered by Carl-Peter Forster… Read more on …

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24.10.2024

got an extra 5 hours? – XS Sailing

And you’re an IOM freak? Then here ya go! Read more on Sailing Anarchy

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21.10.2024

British return as Challenger of Record – XS Sailing

by Tom Cary, Telegraph UK Not only is the America’s Cup the oldest competition in international sport, it is also one of the most idiosyncratic. So it was that, as New Zealand crossed the finish li…

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19.10.2024

Relive the action of 2024 Rolex Big Boat Series – XS Sailing

Sixty years, one excellent regatta! Take a moment to watch a recap video from the 2024 Rolex Big Boat Series, and mark your calendars for next year. We look forward to seeing you on the water Septe…

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19.10.2024

America’s Cup: Two big steps forward for ETNZ – XS Sailing

Emirates Team New Zealand reached match point after an exciting day of racing off Barceloneta Beach, packed with thousands of Kiwi and British fans, following the nail-biting action… Read mor…

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17.10.2024

New foils and motors for SailGP – XS Sailing

When the fifth season of SailGP gets underway in November, modification for the F50s include two sets of new foils plus an electric motor for light winds. . After testing has occurred over the past…

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17.10.2024

37th America’s Cup – England Expects – XS Sailing

Inos Britannia has one last chance to turn this Cup around . . . Unlikely as that might seem… Read more on Sail Web

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17.10.2024

Cup Spy – Am Cup: Day 4 -Brits’ finest hour? – XS Sailing

Wednesday was make or break for INEOS Britannia to stay as a serious threat in the America’s Cup regatta. Ashore officials were quite openly talking about a proposed race schedule if the Emir…

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17.10.2024

Exploring the final days of America – XS Sailing

Near daily on San Diego Bay, charter yacht America will ply the waters in which the America’s Cup was defended in 1988, 1992, and 1995. Of the yachts that sought this iconic trophy, little then and…

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17.10.2024

37th America’s Cup – Emirates Team NZ take a 4-0 lead, where do Ineos go from here? – XS Sailing

Emirates Team NZ take a 4-0 lead, The conditions were better, the racing was better . . . The result was the same… Read more on Sail Web

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17.10.2024

Ineos Britannia back in contention with 2 wins on Day 4 of the 37th America’s Cup – XS Sailing

Ineos Britannia started their fightback with two race wins an day 4 of the 37th America’s Cup to finish the day 2 – 4 down to Emirates Team NZ… Read more on Sail Web

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12.10.2024

America’s Cup: Opening Media Conference – XS Sailing

After an early morning photoshoot at the Basílica de la Sagrada Família, one of the truly iconic and stand-out features of the stunning city of Barcelona, the four helmsmen that will contest the Lo…

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11.10.2024

lieutenant cray cray – XS Sailing

Lieutenant Dan, the TikTok star who refused to evacuate from his sailboat in Tampa Bay Harbor, has survived Hurricane Milton. The 54-year-old, real name is Joseph Malinowski, became an online sensa…

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11.10.2024

Titles in sailing should matter – XS Sailing

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” Playwright William Shakespeare uses this line in his play Romeo …

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400 sailors to compete in Palamós Christmas Race – XS Sailing

On the Record – The inside take from INEOS Britannia skipper Ben Ainslie – XS Sailing

New leader in the Vendée Globe – XS Sailing

Call for Bids – XS Sailing

Vendee Globe – Sam Goodchild speeds back into the Vendee race lead on Sunday – XS Sailing

Season opening SailGP Dubai event to feature newbies Mubadala Brazil and Red Bull Italy teams – XS Sailing

America’s Cup competitor dies at 27 – XS Sailing

New record set in Vendée Globe – XS Sailing

skaw skow – XS Sailing

Vendee Globe: Race favorite hits lead – Day 2 – XS Sailing

Racing home from Europe – XS Sailing

now it gets real – XS Sailing

18ft Skiff Sixt Spring Championship Race 4 – XS Sailing

10th Vendée Globe Underway! – XS Sailing

Avoiding collision during Vendée Globe – XS Sailing

Meet the Vendée Globe Racing Fleet – XS Sailing

Massive design flaw caused tragedy – XS Sailing

The oldest footage of bizarre wind-powered craft – XS Sailing

18ft Skiff Sixt Spring Championship Race 3 – XS Sailing

New standards set in historic 37th America’s Cup – XS Sailing

How to follow the Vendée Globe – XS Sailing

SailGP: Nationality rules changed for Season 5 – XS Sailing

Foil and frolic in Pensacola – XS Sailing

Vendee Globe: Crazy Kiwi racing on renewables – XS Sailing

done and dusted – XS Sailing

Can America’s Cup tech save the world? – XS Sailing

Red Bandit steals home – XS Sailing

got an extra 5 hours? – XS Sailing

British return as Challenger of Record – XS Sailing

Relive the action of 2024 Rolex Big Boat Series – XS Sailing

America’s Cup: Two big steps forward for ETNZ – XS Sailing

New foils and motors for SailGP – XS Sailing

37th America’s Cup – England Expects – XS Sailing

Cup Spy – Am Cup: Day 4 -Brits’ finest hour? – XS Sailing

Exploring the final days of America – XS Sailing

37th America’s Cup – Emirates Team NZ take a 4-0 lead, where do Ineos go from here? – XS Sailing

Ineos Britannia back in contention with 2 wins on Day 4 of the 37th America’s Cup – XS Sailing

America’s Cup: Opening Media Conference – XS Sailing

lieutenant cray cray – XS Sailing

Titles in sailing should matter – XS Sailing

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