The "September Showdown" for the 34th America's Cup begins this weekend. ORACLE TEAM USA skipper Jimmy Spithill has cast his team as the underdog.

Action resumed at the 2013 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. While the verdicts in some of the classes are almost sealed, competition in others, including the Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship, is intensifying.

Ireland's Annalise Murphy goes into the final races of the Laser European and World Championships tomorrow (Friday) on her native Dublin Bay with a comprehensive 17 point lead ahead of Dutch Olympic silver medallist Marit Bowmeester.

The annual eight week ISAF Training Scholarship course is now underway.

The completion of a difficult race 4 brings the Star Fleet one step closer to naming a new International Star Class World Champion.

Strong winds and big waves meant tired bodies and minds at the first day of racing for the Final Series at the Laser European and World Championships on Dublin Bay.

Frenetic aggression and elite racing was the order of the day for the youth sailors of the Red Bull Youth America's Cup on Championship Wednesday, as New Zealand Sailing Team with Emirates Team New Zealand prevailed over nine other teams from around the world to take the inaugural title on San Francisco Bay.

French Star team Xavier Rohart and Serge Pulfer won the most difficult race the fleet has sailed so far in the series as Brian Ledbetter and Greg Morton (USA) pulled away at the front of the leader board.