Sail Racing

Last week Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) led the fleet across the equator. As one of the class' top sailors who's been on the Vendeé Podium twice, it seemed possible that Thomson was going to grab an early lead and hold on to it all the way around the world. But early on Saturday, he ...read more

Emirates Team New Zealand unveiled its second-generation AC75 yesterday, joining the other three America's Cup teams with boats in the water. In just over 100 days, this boat will attempt to defend the Cup for the Kiwis, but there's plenty of racing between now and then, with ...read more

The Worrell 1000 began, as all the best sailing ventures do, as a bar bet. Brothers Michael and Chris Worrell and a bar owner disagreed whether it was possible to sail a 16ft catamaran from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Florida, so in October of 1974 Michael and a friend made an ...read more

It's been an exciting weekend for some of the participants in the Vendeé Globe and for others, not so much. The front of the fleet, led by Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) is headed for the doldrums and may be in for a slow couple days as they cross the equator. Jérémie Beyou (Charal) ...read more

Video courtesy of the Vendeé Globe: for subtitles in English, click the “CC,” subtitles/closed caption button The Vendeé Globe fleet took off from Les Sables d’Olonne on Sunday, November 8 and has been fighting their way across the Bay of Biscay and south ever since. Currently, ...read more