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The SailGP bandwagon hits the water this weekend for the ROCKWOOL France Sail Grand Prix in France at glorious Saint-Tropez.

Vaikobi, one of the world’s leading performance watersport gear and accessories brands, announced an exciting new partnership with the Switch One Design Class, one of the fastest-growing foiling classes in the world.

It was a spectacular opening day for the SWITCH fleet, with three races completed under sunny skies and a steady 10-12 knot southerly breeze typical of Lake Garda.

The premise of WaveGP sounded simple enough, with the opportunity for a huge reward. Take the world’s most exciting sailboat racing format, scale it down just a little bit, and open it up to everybody? Count us in!

Jake Scrace, a British kitesurfer and thrill-seeker known for daring stunts including kite-surfing over Worthing Pier, has set a new Guinness World Record by reaching 1,587 feet in a kitesurf tow-up above the iconic Needles, Isle of Wight.

Eastern Yacht Club calls it the Reverse Rabbit. When Plan A—usually starting close to the pin—doesn’t go to, well, plan, the Reverse Rabbit is the exit strategy. It’s far from easy and success has to be measured against the alternative.

The wind pressure remains with us in Plymouth. On Thursday the race management team had the opportunity to run two races within the relative protection of Plymouth Sound inside the breakwater, however Plymouth Sound was still experiencing 25 knots.

After three intense days of racing marked by shifting conditions and reshuffled leaderboards, Day 3 closed with a Gold fleet ready to enter its decisive phase and a women’s fleet as tightly packed as ever.

Leading America’s Cup journalist, Fabio Pozzo, reports that the Italian team, Luna Rossa has had its Challenge accepted for the 2027 Cup in Naples.

Kiwi design chief, Dan Bernasconi on the use of recycled AC75 hulls, the switch to full electric power, and other changes. He claims there is plenty of performance gain left in the AC75 for the designer teams.