Defending champion LawConnect takes early lead in Sydney to Hobart yacht race

SYDNEY (AP) — Defending line honors champion LawConnect led the Sydney to Hobart yacht fleet out of Sydney harbor on Thursday at the start of the 79th running of the 628-nautical mile (722 miles, 1,160 kilometers) race. Favorite for line honors Master Lock Comanche was in close...

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...

New Zealand opens up 3-0 lead over Britain in America’s Cup final after almost crashing

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Emirates Team New Zealand avoided a crash and nailed INEOS Britannia with a penalty as it opened up a 3-0 lead in the first-to-seven wins finals of the America’s Cup on Sunday. Britain was hit with a 75-meter penalty for not keeping clear when the two...

New Zealand takes 2-0 lead over Britain in America’s Cup first-to-seven final

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Emirates Team New Zealand showed why it is the two-time defending America’s Cup champion after jumping out to a 2-0 lead over INEOS Britannia in their first-to-seven-wins final on Saturday. As the defender, the Kiwis sat out the playoff rounds with a...