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July 22, 2025
Hewlett Packard owes more than 700 millions pounds ($944million) to the estates of Mike Lynch, the late business partner of Lynch's and their former business partners over the acquisition of Autonomy by Hewlett Packard. This was revealed on Tuesday by a London High Court judge.
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July 17, 2025
SailGP unveiled on Thursday its new innovation centre, worth $10 million in Southampton. The centre is home to more than 100 boat building experts with a mission of supercharging the fastest sailing championship. The SailGP Technologies facility…
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July 1, 2025
The E1 World Championship in electric powerboat racing is looking for 20 million euros (about $23,55 million) to help fund its growth. This series has already been backed by many of the biggest names in sports and entertainment. The team owners include Will Smith…
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June 20, 2025
The team announced that Peter Burling, a three-time America's Cup winner and helmsman of New Zealand's Luna Rossa, has left New Zealand to join the Italian team Luna Rossa ahead of the 2027 edition sailing's most prestigious event. The 38th America's Cup will be held in Naples, Italy.
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June 7, 2025
On Saturday, Spain led the first day of the SailGP sixth round. Diego Botin and his team were well-positioned to win consecutive races. Spain, the defending series champions, won the San Francisco race in March. They made it look effortless…
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June 18, 2025
Ares Management, the Wall Street investment giant, has entered into a partnership with Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe. The two have acquired a minor stake in France SailGP Team - where old rivals find themselves suddenly in the same boat. The $546 billion asset management company…
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June 8, 2025
On Sunday, the reigning champions Spain gave a strong performance in the second round of SailGP. They beat New Zealand and France to win the final race at New York. The season has now reached its halfway point. Diego Botin’s team, fresh off…
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June 6, 2025
SailGP teams are ready to shake off rust this weekend in New York, as the global championship returns to action following a short hiatus caused by a defect with the wingsail that forced the cancellation of the Rio event. The defect was identified…
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May 19, 2025
The majority of luxury yachts manufactured by Italy's Azimut-Benetti won't be directly affected by U.S. tariffs on imports, said its owner and chairwoman, but the wider impact of trade tensions may become problematic. Giovanna Vitell told the Financial Times Business of Luxury forum in Barcelona…
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May 3, 2025
The 60th Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup is a tight race between four teams for the two semi-final spots. Only two flights remain in the double-round-robin stage. Four skippers are separated by just one point in a high stakes race that…
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May 2, 2025
Next month, after a decade of sporting inactivity, the team racing world championship will roar to life when 12 crews are determined to rewrite sport's hierarchy. Organisers announced on Friday that the 2025 Team Racing World Championship, which…
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May 2, 2025
Eric Monnin, from Switzerland, delivered a masterclass of match racing on Thursday at the 60th Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup. He won all three races and surged into second place. As the second round of qualifying begins, the Swiss…
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May 1, 2025
Chris Poole, the defending champion of the 60th Anniversary Congressional Cup has made a bold statement of intent by steering his Riptide racing team to six victories in a row on Wednesday's first day of competition. Long Beach's sea breeze…
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March 15, 2025
Peter Burling, the skipper of New Zealand's SailGP team, took two victories out of four races in the sunny and breezy conditions of Los Angeles Harbour on Saturday. New Zealand, which won the first race in Dubai, took the top spot on the final day with 31 points.
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April 30, 2025
Canada Ocean Racing announced on April 30 that it has signed British offshore sailing superstar Pip Hare to compete in The Ocean Race Europe 2020. The team is preparing to reveal a new foiling IMOCA boat ahead of the competition. The seven-team race starts in Kiel…
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March 21, 2025
Carnival Corp, the cruise operator, raised its profit forecast for 2018 on Friday. The company benefited from increased ticket prices, strong advance bookings, and strong customer spending on board. Although cruise ticket prices are on the rise…
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February 9, 2025
Dylan Fletcher’s Britain defeated Giles Scott’s Canada in an exciting final on Sydney Harbour on Sunday to win the third round of SailGP and extend their lead in the series standings. Australia with Tom Slingsby as the skipper had won three…
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February 8, 2025
Australia won two out of four races on Saturday, the first day of SailGP's third round. Skipper Tom Slingsby was a master of starting and gave the Australian team the victory. Three-time champions Australia, who won the series' second round in Auckland…
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January 13, 2025
SailGP crews are tackling the new "T-foils", which have a higher speed, for the first in Auckland this weekend. This follows a successful outing of training on Monday. The L-shaped foils that have been in use since the league's start in 2019…
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November 27, 2024
Sebastien S. Simon, a Frenchman from the Vendee Globe, broke the solo monohull 24 hour distance record on Wednesday. He sailed 602,56 nautical miles and beat his compatriot Yoann RICHOMME's previous mark by 22.7%. In recent times, the fleet has been propelled by an ever-moving depression.
