2 sailors die in the stormy first night of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, organizers say

Two sailors on separate boats have been killed in boom accidents two hours apart on a storm-ravaged first night of the annual Sydney to Hobart race, adding to the event's long history of deaths at sea. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, which administers the yacht race,...

Organizers say two sailors have died in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race due to wild weather conditions

Comanche, defending champion LawConnect lead early in Sydney to Hobart yacht race

SYDNEY (AP) — Comanche took an eight nautical-mile lead over defending line honors champion and fellow 100-foot super maxi LawConnect early in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Thursday. LawConnect, which led the 104-yacht fleet out of Sydney harbor, gave up the lead when a...

An all-Filipino crew is set to make history in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race

SYDNEY (AP) — There have been plenty of “firsts” in the history of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race which was first held in 1945. An all-Filipino crew of 15 sailors will make it another when the annual ocean classic begins in Sydney on Thursday. With veteran sailor Ernesto...

Climate solution: Sails make a comeback in shipping, to dent its huge carbon footprint

SAINT-MALO, France (AP) — Had he continued working aboard fuel-powered cargo ships, Yann Jourdan reckons he'd be earning perhaps four times what he now gets as captain of a sailboat that instead uses the wind's clean energy to transport goods across the Atlantic. But the hit to...

Spanish sailors ride wave of $2M win, Olympic gold medal to lead Los Gallos into SailGP's Season 5

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Spaniards Diego Botin and Florian Trittel experienced an adrenaline rush last summer that’s never been seen in sailing. On July 14 on San Francisco Bay, they helped sail Los Gallos' foiling catamaran to a stunning upset over heavyweights Tom Slingsby of Australia...

Jimmy Spithill introduces his new Red Bull Italy SailGP Team

SAN DIEGO (AP) — With his stellar America’s Cup career behind him, Jimmy Spithill introduced his new Red Bull Italy SailGP Team on Thursday in Dubai just ahead of the opening regatta of the global league’s fifth season. Spithill, the team’s CEO and founder, pulled a major...

Hans Henken back aboard Team USA catamaran 14 months after he was injured in a crash

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Hans Henken’s sailing career is back at full throttle not quite 14 months after he was knocked unconscious and severely injured when the high-speed catamaran he was controlling in a SailGP race crashed off its foils and nosedived into the Mediterranean waves. The...

Team Emirates New Zealand wins the 37th America’s Cup by beating INEOS Britannia 7-2 in the final

New Zealand needs one more win to retain America's Cup after building 6-2 lead over Britannia

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Emirates Team New Zealand built a 6-2 lead over INEOS Britannia in the America’s Cup finals on Friday to move just one point away from successfully defending the oldest trophy in international sport. New Zealand's yacht Taihoro won both of the day's...