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Saildrones to sail for science

March 24th, 2018

A fleet of wind and solar-powered autonomous vehicles will soon be setting off on a mission to capture valuable ocean

March 19th, 2018

Livrea Yacht is an ambitious company of two Italian boat builders, Francesco Belvisi and Daniele Cevola, the winner of Italy’s

August 23rd, 2017

By Dave Powlison, Sailing World One of the last vestiges of sailing’s past, the ubiquitous anchored race mark, might be

June 28th, 2017

By Tessa Walsh and Alexander Smith, Reuters From water taxis that “fly” on hydrofoils to aircraft wings and cutting-edge car

June 6th, 2017

North Sails has been building Dacron sails since Lowell North launched his company in 1957, but they are saying enough

June 1st, 2017

Somewhere in the South of France we watch a pull system launch a self-propelled foil board in a remarkable water

May 25th, 2017

An app developed in New Zealand has caught the attention of the sailing world and is being looked at as

May 12th, 2017

After a month at sea, sailing from Lorient to Bermuda, the crew of the revolutionary 35m Race for Water vessel

May 11th, 2017

Alain Thébault (FRA) and his crew on the trimaran L’Hydroptère confirmed the design of their foiling 60-footer when they set

April 30th, 2017

As part of its mission to develop and catalog the science underlying sailboat performance, the Sailing Yacht Research Foundation aims