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Athena Pathway Programme (APP) has opened applications for their Youth Squad set to compete in the Youth America’s Cup in Naples in 2027.

In the grand hall of the Palazzo Reale in Naples, before the key governmental and regional architects of bringing the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup to Italy, the world’s media were present to witness the unveiling of the America’s Cup Partnership.

With one year to go, The Ocean Race 2027 is set to deliver the ultimate test in offshore sailing with a monster of an opening leg from Alicante to Auckland – the longest in race history.

After 36 days and 17 hours at sea, Thomas Coville and his team have just 2,000nm to go on their Jules Verne Trophy record attempt, but the conditions ahead they have to face are the strongest winds and the biggest seas of their entire circumnavigation.

It is set to be an exciting 2026 for GP Watercraft, and especially the Melges 15 class.

The 38th America’s Cup Match will begin on July 10, 2027 from Naples, and is expected to conclude by the following weekend.

Britain’s America’s Cup Team, representing the Challenger of Record, Royal Yacht Squadron Racing Ltd, has unveiled GB1. The bold new team name and identity signals a new era of British racing on the world’s most demanding sailing stage.

Emirates has renewed its more than two-decade-long partnership as naming sponsor of the Defender of the America’s Cup, Emirates Team New Zealand, extending one of the longest-standing and most iconic sponsorships in international sailing.

The rural village of Metung will be home to high calibre and national and international champion sailors this weekend.

As reported yesterday, a serious accident occurred aboard the ASV-Berlin Club yacht, WALROSS 4, participating in the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Transatlantic Race from Lanzarote to Antigua. Sadly, the crew member has passed away.