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Reigning Vendée Globe champion Charlie Dalin dies aged 42
Terribly sad news from France today of the death at the age of 42 of solo sailing legend Charlie Dalin, who won the Vendée Globe 2024-25, despite battling gastrointestinal cancer throughout the gruelling singlehanded around-the-world race.
The story of Nicolas Lunven's remarkable third La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec victory
French solo skipper Nicolas Lunven has won the 57th edition of La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec nine years after his last participation and seventeen years after his first victory.
Chaos in New York
With only four teams able to race and then a match race between two for the opening day in the Big Apple, the New York stage of SailGP opened with chaos and uncertainty for the spectators and teams alike.
What did we learn from the AC38 Preliminary Regatta in Cagliari?
Now that we have all managed to catch our breath after the frenetic action of last weekend’s first Preliminary Regatta of the 38th America’s Cup cycle in Cagliari it’s time to take a look back over the Italian three-day event to see what we have learned.
Tom Slingsby pulls a rabbit out of the hat in New York
No practice day on Friday, three boats racing on Saturday, a three-boat pile-up on Sunday – SailGP’s Big Apple weekend did not go according to plan. Despite all the chaos, season-leaders the Bonds Flying Roos took their third consecutive win after a superb battle with Emirates Team GBR in the final.
Life in the old guard yet: Peter Burling leads Luna Rossa to match race victory in Cagliari
A consummate final day performance by the Luna Rossa senior team sees them see off his old team – the America's Cup holders Emirates Team New Zealand. Meanwhile, the Italian Youth and Women crew's fairytale regatta ends in a nightmare.
Italian Youth and Women team continues to impress in Cagliari
Expectations for the second day of racing at the first Preliminary Regatta of the AC38 were for more crash and burn conditions on the Mediterranean waters of Cagliari. The weather gods had a different plan – but the racing amongst the eight boat fleet was still hugely entertaining nevertheless.
Good communication and split second timing sees Gradoni and Porro top the leaderboard in Cagliari
Italians Marco Gradoni and Margherita Porro stole the show on Day 1 of the AC38 Preliminary Regatta in Cagliari. Two race wins, a Kiwi nosedive, and a GB1 breakdown nightmare. It's been all-on on the Gulf of Angels today.
Cup Diary: The 38th America’s Cup bursts into life in Cagliari
The America’s Cup is back in action, and if the last few days I have spent in Cagliari, Sardinia this week are anything to go by, it has come back stronger than it ever was.