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May 13, 2026
Australia has entered its first 'America's Cup' team in 25 years, for the 38th edition next year of the historic sailing competition in Naples, Italy. The Royal 'Prince Edward Yacht club announced on Wednesday that it had issued a notice of?Challenge? to the defending New Zealand Yacht Squadron.
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May 10, 2026
Bonds Flying Roos from Australia won the Bermuda SailGP on Sunday. They beat Spain's Los Gallos, and Germany by Deutsche Bank to clinch their third win of the 2026 'SailGP' season. Tom Slingsby led the?Australian Team to victory in the Great…
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December 28, 2025
Master Lock Comanche won the Sydney to Hobart race on Sunday, after a three-way battle with supermaxis LawConnect (the winner) and HSK Scallywag100 (second). Comanche, owned by Matt Allen and James Mayo, finished the race in just two days, five hours…
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December 25, 2025
LawConnect, the defending line honours champion, took the early lead on Friday in the Sydney-Hobart yacht racing race. The fleet of 129 supermaxis pushed out from a cloudy Sydney Harbour into the choppy seas of the South Pacific. LawConnect…
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May 20, 2025
SailGP released its first ever docuseries, "Uncharted", on Tuesday. The three-part series focuses on Red Bull Italy SailGP's CEO Jimmy Spithill who is leading the new team in their inaugural season. SailGP, the world sailing championship, features…
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November 28, 2025
Alexia Barrier, the French skipper and seven female teammates will begin their Jules Verne Trophy quest on Saturday off the coasts of Brest. They aim to set the world's first non-stop circumnavigation time with an all-female team without any outside help.
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November 14, 2025
Ben Ainslie, a British sailing ace, expects to reveal within a few weeks who is funding his next America's Cup bid, and the team he will be bringing along for the event in Naples, Italy, scheduled for 2027. Ainslie has set himself the goal of "bringing the Cup home" from the United States…
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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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September 5, 2024
According to judicial sources, the initial examinations conducted on four of those who died when British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s family yacht sank in Sicily last month showed that they had suffocated as the oxygen on board the vessel ran out.
