Offshore News
Three legs and an electronic brain: how Ferrari Hypersail will fly (Pt. 2/7)
Foils, a flapped keel and a rudder with ideas of its own – plus a flight controller born in Maranello's road cars. Andy Rice gets up close with the appendages. If the hull is the body of Ferrari Hypersail, the appendages are its...
Django 7X edges out Balthasar for Rolex Middle Sea Race overall win
Giovanni Lombardi Stronati’s Wallyrocket 71 traded places with the defending champion for most of the 606 miles around Sicily, then pulled clear on the reaches after Favignana to win by 1 hour, 21 minutes and 20 seconds under...
Grigio and Giallo: Up close with the finished Ferrari Hypersail hull (Pt. 1/7)
The 100-foot flying monohull is painted, the livery is on and the appendages are in the building. Andy Rice puts on his hard hat and high-vis and goes inside. There is a moment when a boat stops being a project and becomes a...
Inside the Batmobile: a first look at Ferrari Hypersail
Some weeks the foiling world comes at you in every size. I had just finished two days on the commentary mic at the Kiteboard Grand Slam in Cagliari, Sardinia, where I watched Riccardo Pianosi, the eventual winner of the men's...
Why pro sailors dread the Middle Sea Race - Course Preview
The Rolex Middle Sea Race is an incredibly tricky racecourse, so we asked offshore legend Simon 'SiFi' Fisher to talk us through it. The 47th edition sets off from Valletta this Saturday 17 October – a couple of months earlier...
The week in racing - 12 Oct ’26
It’s been a good week to be Italian on the water, from Furio Benussi’s fourth Barcolana win on the bounce to foiling titles in Cádiz and Sardinia. Elsewhere, Platoon Aviation sealed the 52 Super Series in Valencia, and Lake Garda...
The Tabarly Effect: how one quiet sailor built a nation of ocean racers
Walk the pontoons at Lorient La Base on any weekday and you are in the most concentrated gathering of offshore racing talent on the planet. Ultims, IMOCAs, Class40s and Minis lie moored in the shadow of colossal concrete bunkers...
The week in racing - 5 Oct ’26
It's been a busy old week, from Olympic qualification getting under way at the Asian Games to the giant Ultims touching the mid-40s off Brittany, with a double-handed offshore world title for France and the classics out in force...
The week in racing - 28 Sep ‘26
It's been a busy week across the board. In Naples, Peter Burling got one over on his old team to win the second Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta, while on the Solent, Pietro Loro Piana and his crew ended a 15-year wait on a...
