Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
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…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 8, 2025
Tom Brady's Team Brady won the E1 World Championship for a second time in a row on Saturday, after holding off Rafael Nadal and Team Rafa's late challenge at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix. Sam Coleman, a British pilot, and Emma Kimilainen from Finland led the "Championship of the Water"…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 7, 2025
Tom Brady, with his Team Brady, is on the hunt for another championship. This time it's on water. They are aiming to win a second consecutive E1 title in Miami at Saturday's series finale. The seven-time Super Bowl champion said, "It would be a big deal for our team…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
October 24, 2025
Mathieu Blahard, one the world's best ultra-runners is about to embark on an exciting new adventure by taking part in his first offshore sailing race – the Transat Cafe L'Or – alongside New Zealand's Conrad Colman. Blanchard said that the idea…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
October 22, 2025
Simon van Velthooven, a former international cyclist who is now a pioneering sailor and won his third America's Cup in 2014 with Team New Zealand has announced that he will retire from professional sports. Van Velthooven was a three-time world…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
October 20, 2025
Los Angeles 2028 organizers celebrated 1,000 days before the Olympic Opening Ceremony with officials from Oklahoma City on Monday. They said that preparations were progressing to host softball and canoe-slalom competitions in the city. LA28 Chair Casey Wasserman…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
October 2, 2025
Jessica Fox, the canoeing champion of Australia, says she will defend her Olympic titles in Los Angeles 2028 despite undergoing surgery to remove an kidney tumour. After a health scare, Fox was forced to skip the World Canoe Slalom Championships in Penrith…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
September 3, 2025
Ambrogio BECCARIA turned the waters of his native Genoa into a triumphant stage on Wednesday. He led his Italian-flagged Allagrande Mapei Racing to victory in Leg 4 The Ocean Race Europe2025, after a nail biting finish early in the morning.
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
July 29, 2025
Monaco's Black Jack 100 played perfectly on Tuesday, taking monohull line honors in the 100th anniversary Rolex Fastnet Race. This rounded off a fiercely-contested few days, which saw record fleets and tight margins. Underdogs pushed giants across 695 nautical mile of testing waters.
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
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.
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
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…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
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…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
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.
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
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…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
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…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
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…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
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…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
June 6, 2025
SailGP, with its new celebrity owners and an array of fresh sponsors hopes to harness the wave of popularity to take the global sailing series to the next stage as it returns to New York City for the third time to race this weekend. SailGP announced that Hugh Jackman…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
June 5, 2025
Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds and the BONDS flying Roos are now co-owners. The three-time champion SailGP Team of Australia is now renamed the BONDS flying Roos. The investment gives star power to an Australian outfit which has dominated global sailing championships…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
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…
