The Star Sailors League (SSL) joins the line-up of the 33rd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games Thailand 2025), introducing the excitement of the SSL47 keelboat class to one of Asia’s…
The world of competitive sailing is entering a new era. Between 20 and 22 December 2025, Thailand will host the first SSL Gold Cup qualifiers for Asian national teams. This…
Victory comes down to the last downwind as four teams battle for glory in Split Split, Croatia – September 13, 2025 – After six fiercely contested races across the waters…
Save the date! The second edition of the Football World Cup in Sailing will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in November 2026. The top 40 nations from five…
Georgia and Antonia Lewin Lafrance have been on the rise for the last six years, and now find themselves on top. Over a weeklong series of 13 races, the Nova…
25 May 2025, Riva del Garda, Italy – The final day of a thrilling regatta in Riva del Garda delivered everything the Melges 24 class is known for: tight racing,…
Switzerland’s Eric Monnin, captain of SSL Team Switzerland, and his Capvis Swiss Match Racing Team—featuring Ute Monnin Wagner, Mathieu Renault, Jean-Claude Monnin, Simon Brügger, Julien Falxa, and Maxime Mesnil—clinched a…
March 8, 2025 - Miami, Fl. USA - On a day where every gust mattered and every tack counted, Biscayne Bay transformed the light-air finale into a masterclass of precision…
Day 3 at the 98th Bacardi Cup delivered another stunning show, with a consistent 15-20 knots southerly breeze across Biscayne Bay. Spotting a crucial wind-shift two minutes before the start,…
Three days of exceptional sailing on Biscayne Bay, January 24-26, set the stage to make Bacardi Winter Series 2 a perfect event. Miami delivered stunning weather and challenging conditions that…
Great Britain’s Ian Williams and his Pindar by Manuport Logistics Team of Richard Sydenham, Jon Gundersen and Gerry Mitchell have been crowned champions of the inaugural Macao Match Cup, the…
The 11th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race begins on Sunday January 12th, 2025. An impressive, highly diverse fleet will depart Calero Marinas Marina Lanzarote to tackle the 3,000-mile oceanic…
It’s been over a year since the thrilling SSL Gold Cup 2023 came to an end! Gran Canaria was the epicenter of sailing excitement in November 2023, bringing together some…
Miami, USA - December 15, 2024 The highly anticipated Bacardi Winter Series Event 1, held December 14-15 on Biscayne Bay, Miami, faced tough conditions as strong winds impacted the racing…
Three days of excellent conditions and impeccable organization by Club Náutico Olivos made for an unforgettable championship in Buenos Aires The 2024 Star South American Championship wrapped up in spectacular…
The 2024 South American Championship is set to kick off in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from November 20 to 23, bringing together 31 teams from around the world. The opening day…
Sweden’s Johnie Berntsson and his Berntsson Sailing Team of Herman Andersson, Oscar Angervall and Björn Lundgren have won their fourth Bermuda Gold Cup, successfully defending their 2023 title by narrowly…
Emirates Team New Zealand has claimed victory in the legendary America’s Cup regatta for the fifth time. On Saturday, October 19th, the New Zealanders concluded the competition in Barcelona in…
The 53rd edition of the Sunfish World Championship has come to an end. Over 100 competitors from 14 nations gathered at Lake Ray Hubbard for 12 intense races. Conner Blouin…
The 2024 ILCA Master European Championships finished in Vilamoura, Portugal, after five days of competition. Days began with a long postponement on shore due to a lack of wind. It…
The 2024 52 SUPER SERIES championship went to the wire once again. After 41 races at five different regattas, contested between April and September, including two at Newport RI in…
2024 STAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, FICKLE WIND HARD TO READ FOR THE 64 BOAT FLEET Will Stout and Danny Cayard (USA) were the best at interpreting the shifts on the racecourse…
Diego Botin and Florian Trittel won only one race throughout the entire Olympic Games, and it was the most significant one—the medal race. Despite not having the best start to…
A great week of sailing was wrapped up with Italy celebrating retaining their Nations Trophy at the 2024 Youth Sailing World Championships with six titles, culminating in a grand closing…
The 49er and 49erFX European Championships, along with the Nacra 17 World Championship, have kicked off in La Grande Motte in the South of France. This marks the final major…
SSL Team USA’s helmsman Chris Poole has successfully defended his Congressional Cup Match Racing title at Long Beach Yacht Club. Chris Poole and his Riptide Racing team win the 59th…
The world’s top match-racers are currently competing in the 59th Congressional Cup at Long Beach Yacht Club, and SSL Gold Cup helmsmen fill the semi-final places. Ian Williams with crew…
Day 5 of the Last Chance Regatta witnessed sisters Katerina and Barbora Svikova claiming first and second place in the three-rider final of the women's windsurfing competition. Katerina led the…
33 teams representing 7 nations gathered at Biscayne Bay Yacht Club in Miami, Florida for the Star Western Hemisphere Championship. The event came to a thrilling conclusion on Sunday when…
The 97th Bacardi Cup and Bacardi Invitational Regatta brought together over 200 teams, setting a new record for the event. More than 600 sailors from 25 nations, spanning North and…
Today, being Women’s Day, we are focusing on the highlights of the 49er FX sailors at Day 3 of the 49er and 49er FX World Champs! Yesterday was a tough…
The 2024 49er and 49erFX World Championships officially kicked off in the beautiful and windy Lanzarote, Canary islands yesterday. There are 126 teams from 36 nations in Lanzarote to fight…
The 14-16 knot stable onshore breeze made for a more predictable race course. The German team of Simon Diesch and Anna Markfort took full advantage of the heavier breeze and…
It all started with a group of athletes, who after the 2012 Olympics, together developed and launched the global inshore sailing circuit known as the Stars Sailors League. The conviction…
As the anticipation for the upcoming Olympics builds, the focus turns to the rich history of Sailing in the Olympic Games. For Star Sailor League, the Olympic Qualifiers and the…
SSL Gold Cup in miniature (c) Gilles Morelle Poland, skippered by Lili Skomska, wins the mini version of the 'Gran Canaria SSL Gold Cup’, hosted by the Optimists of the…
SSL Team Netherlands (c) Martina Orsini With the first rainclouds we’ve seen in Gran Canaria since the start of the competition, this was no normal day in the SSL Gold…
Just when you think the SSL Gold Cup can’t get any more exciting, another round proves you wrong. The 1/4 Finals saw the introduction of the top 8 seeded teams,…
The SSL Gold Cup kicked off to an excellent start in the 1/32 Finals, a superb standard of racing that only increased in the 1/16 Finals, but the extraordinary 1/8…
SSL Gold Cup Panini Digital Collections Sailing has entered the exciting world of sticker albums! Just like in football, where you can collect your favourite stars from club and national…
SSL Gold Cup 1/8 Finals Fleet 1, Race 3 (c) Gilles Morelle Another day in glorious Gran Canaria, with more sunshine, more warmth and a beautiful 10 to 13 knot…
SSL Team Argentina (c) Gilles Morelle Gran Canaria served up a stunner on Wednesday, with sunshine and a steady 9-12 knots of breeze. Absolutely perfect conditions for the teams to…
With ten teams qualifying from the 1/32 Finals and six new teams joining the competition, the 1/16 Finals were always going to be exciting and intense. Little did we know…
SSL Gold Cup Final Series (c) Martina Orsini On the eve of the SSL Gold Cup Final Series, the Inaugural World Cup of Sailing Nations, there was a buzz of…
Ahead of the SSL Gold Cup Final Series Draw and Opening Ceremony in Gran Canaria on Thursday, the media attention for the event is growing continuously. Today Televisión Canaria were…
The anticipation is building in Gran Canaria as the SSL Gold Cup Final Series approaches! The organisers are working non-stop to get everything in place to make this one of…
Congratulations to Sweden’s Johnie Berntsson, who has won the King Edward VII Gold Cup Match Racing Championship (SSL 1000) sailed in Bermuda, the oldest match racing trophy in the world.…
Exciting scenes as the logistical operation ahead of the SSL Gold Cup, taking place between the 10th of November and the 3rd of December 2023, is on track with the…
40 years ago today Australia II won the America’s Cup off Newport, Rhode Island. This momentous occasion was the first time New York Yacht Club had been defeated in the…
The announcement that Anfi del Mar in Gran Canaria is hosting the SSL Gold Cup in November is big news in the Canary Islands, with many of the Spanish national…
There has been another seismic shift in the SSL Nations Ranking, with The Netherlands, who weren’t even in the top five of the August rankings, rocketing to the top. SSL…
Sailing has 330 athletes (165 male and 165 female) competing at the Paris 2024 Olympics, and the competition to qualify for the Games is fierce. The first qualification event was…
It’s finally happened! After sitting pretty at the top of the SSL Nations Ranking, Great Britain have been knocked from their perch. There have been some big moves over the…
The ILCA 4 World Championship was held at the end of July at Nautical Club of Volos & Argonauts in Greece. There was a massive entry of 437 sailors from…
The USA’s fall off the podium in the SSL Nations Ranking didn’t last long. Having dropped to 4th in June, they’re back up to 2nd in July, and have opened…
There was drama to the last at the Optimist World Championship in Costa Brava, Spain, with the title going down to the final race. Optimist World Championship Podium (c) Marc…
The International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA) and SSL are delighted to announce a new collaboration which will see leading Optimist dinghy events being included on the SSL Ranking List. Sailors…
The USA are continuing their climb up the SSL Nations Ranking, moving into the number 2 spot, behind Great Britain in the May 2023 update. This comes at the expense…
What happens when two of the top crew on the SSL Global Ranking are paired on the same boat at a major event? It certainly increases your chances of winning,…
The Bacardi Cup has always been one of the marquee events of the Star class, and this year is no exception, with 73 teams battling it out on Biscayne Bay…
Quite a bit of movement in the SSL Rankings this week! We’re taking a look at those who’ve risen up in the top 15… SSL Global Ranking in February 2023…
While the SSL Ranking’s main headlines are based around the Top 50 in the Global, Men’s and Women’s categories, and of course the SSL Nations Ranking, with results for 113,000…
With the Christmas break there is rarely much movement in the rankings, so it’s a great time to look as to why the SSL Nations Ranking is so important. Firstly,…
2022 saw some amazing sailing on Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, with the SSL47 yachts racing from the Star Sailors League base at Grandson. We've put together a great video highlighting…
Happy New Year! To celebrate the start of 2023 why not treat yourself to an SSL Team Switzerland Calendar? SSL Team Switzerland Calendar Twelve stunning full-size photos feature the team…
It’s an exciting time at SSL HQ in Grandson, Switzerland as the first of the SSL Team Calendars are out! First up, we’re featuring SSL Team Brazil ‘Brazilian Storm’. SSL…
The latest SSL Nations Ranking has been released, and it sees a change on the podium with Italy displacing the United States, moving up two places to third. Great Britain…
With the countdown to Christmas officially on, it’s time to find those extra-special gifts for your loved ones! As well as the Caps and Jerseys we’ve highlighted recently, the SSL…
The end of November can be a bleak time in the northern hemisphere. The days are shorter, it's cold and it's not quite Christmas. What better way to brighten things…
What better way to support your team than with an SSL Gold Cup Team Jersey? Each one features the iconic design for your nation, together with the team’s crest and…
Amongst the range of items SSL goodies you can purchase from shop.sslgoldcup.com are the range of SSL Caps. Availabe in white, red and black, each features a unique design, with…
The SSL Team and the Sailing Athletes Foundation (SAF) are delighted to announce the SSL Gold Cup Finals are scheduled to be held between 10th November and 3rd December 2023.…
A great feature of the SSL Rankings, thanks to having 113,000 athletes’ event statistics, is the ability to rank nations according to their top sailors and, once a month, the…
Martina Orsini chose a photo of bowman Alfredo Rovere of SSL Team Brazil for her entry in the prestigious Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image competition, which seeks to recognise the very…
The latest SSL Rankings are out and there are some big movers on the leaderboards. The 470 World Championship was the major event last week and, as we predicted in…
With just one month to go until the start of racing at the SSL Gold Cup in Bahrain, the sailors have been continuing to compete at world-class events around the…
#BahrainOursYours To mark World Tourism Day 2022, we are pleased to share with you these images from Bahrain, where we will be in a month's time for the SSL Gold…
Italy's Diego Negri and Sergio Lambertenghi have won the 100th Anniversary Star World Championship, held in Marblehead, USA, with a superbly consistent regatta in a range of conditions. While they…
It’s a huge year for the venerable International Star Class, with the 100th Anniversary Star World Championship currently taking place at Eastern Yacht Club in Marblehead, USA. An incredible fleet…
For the first time in history, Sailing has its own World Cup: the SSL Gold Cup. Like Football or any other major sports, Sailors from every country can now confront…
The SSL Gold Cup, the Football World Cup… in Sailing, will be now be accessible on Twitch from Tuesday, July 12th, to become one the first Sailing events to be…
Credits: Martini Orsini Since SSL Gold Cup Qualifying Series started on May 17, worldwide audience - digital as well as traditionnal - has never stopped growing yet. Here are some…
Paul Cayard, Volvo Ocean Winner and Louis-Vuitton's Cup Winner Paul Cayard is one of the true US sport legends. Having participated to the Olympics as well as the America's Cup…
In 1983, John Bertrand ended a 113-year long domination of USA in the America's Cup. The Australian hero was in Lausanne at the Olympic Museum for the official Inaugural Day…
Sailing Legends inaugurate the SSL Gold Cup 2022 at Olympic Museum (Credits: F.Diemer) On Monday, June 13, the whole Sailing community gathered at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne to celebrate…
Hernan Umpierre (#2) and Fernando Diz (#4) in action yesterday One of the great attractions of the SSL Gold Cup is that it brings a country’s best sailors from many…
THE SSL GOLD CUP 2022 INAUGURAL DAY WILL TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 13 IN LAUSANNE AT THE OLYMPIC MUSEUM. COME WITH YOU FRIENDS AND FAMILIES TO DISCOVER WHAT THE SSL…
Manama (Bahrain) From October 28th to November 20th 2022, the Kingdom of Bahrain will host the SSL GOLD CUP 2022 Final Series, the first Football World Cup… in Sailing. The…
Sailing has its own World Cup, finally! Like football in 1930 and rugby in 1987, the SSL Gold Cup is designed to crown the best sailing nation of all! The…
Taylor Canfield on Stars+Stripes (Photos by Ian Roman / WMRT | 56th Congressional Cup 2021) The 57th Congressional Cup (April 19-23) welcomes ten teams for what will be the start…
This first-ever edition SSL Gold Cup, like the Football World Cup but in Sailing, will be divided into two sessions: Qualifying Series and Final Series. All teams ranked from Top…
As SSL Team GBR has led Nations SSL ranking for the last four months, they will go directly to 1/4 Finals of SSL Gold Cup, like the Football World Cup…
Taylor Canfield’s (USA) Team Stars+Stripes has triumphed in the 56th Congressional Cup at Long Beach Yacht Club, capping five-days of competition in this World Match Racing Tour championship event: and…
The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo have just finished and the 4000 points at stake for the gold winners have been allocated causing an interesting set of athletes to appear…