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Cayard’s Updates
- St. Barths BucketMarch 29, 2026 - 10:12 am
- Bacardi Cup 2026March 29, 2026 - 9:49 am
- Rolex Yachtsman of the YearMarch 29, 2026 - 9:31 am
- America’s Cup Hall of FameDecember 20, 2025 - 5:20 pm
- Star World Championship-2025December 20, 2025 - 5:10 pm
- Time to TackFebruary 25, 2023 - 3:48 pm
- US Olympic SailingMay 7, 2021 - 9:00 am
Bacardi CupMarch 2, 2020 - 7:56 pm
Sailing Scuttlebutt
- Curmudgeon’s Observation
- Behind the Scenes, April 2026
- Olympic change is a dumpster fire
- Why fastest superyacht has a speed limit
- We’re gonna need a bigger boat
- Encouraging the next generation
- Grand prix monohull circuit fully charged
- A living piece of yachting history
- When body parts are the weak link
- iQFOiL Class coming to Olympic venue
America’s Cup World Series – San Francisco
America's CupA good Artemis day today! First off, Terry Hutchinson and his team on Artemis White handily beat Team Korea in their quarter final match to advance to the Match Racing Semi Finals. Terry and the boys led the whole race and employed the “stay between the man and the hoop” strategy…jargon for mirroring your opponents […]
Sail Fast!
America's CupJust a quick note to say that I went for a fast ride across the Bay yesterday. Alain Thebault, Jac Vincent and the team took me for a ride on L’Hydroptere. The pictures say it all! Photos thanks to Erik Simonson and Christophe Launay. Paul
Artemis Racing debuts on San Francisco Bay
America's Cup– San Francisco (USA) Artemis Racing hit the water in San Francisco for the first time today with the team’s two AC45s. The boats were launched from the team base in Alameda at 1100 and sailed until 1600. The team will continue training for the next few weeks in the lead up to the America’s […]
Bol d’Or
D35Geneva Over 300 boats were on the starting line off the Societe Nautique de Geneve at 1000 yesterday for the 74th running of the Bol d’Or. It was a sunny day with Mont Blanc clearly visible, but there was little wind for the start. Artemis Racing was participating again this year with Torbjorn Tornqvist at […]
D35 Versoix
D35The D35 fleet was racing this past weekend on Lake Geneva. The three day event consisted of windward-leeward buoy racing on Friday and Sunday with the classic “long distance” race Geneve-Rolle-Geneve on Saturday. As usual, the winds were pretty light for the most part all weekend. The Artemis team tied for 4th place over the […]
Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games Anniversary Invitational Sailing Regatta
Media ReportI was in Stockholm today for a friendly regatta hosted by the 6M Class, part of the city’s week of celebrations commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 1912 Olympics. The International Olympic Committee Chairman, Jacques Rogge and the King of Sweden headlined the regatta here in the city centr. A number of Olympic sailors took […]
AC World Series Venice-Day 1
America's CupVenezia Sunny but chilly day here on the Adriatic of the coast of Lido. It snowed in the mountains just north of here Tuesday night and the white hills are a beautiful backdrop to the racing here. Over 100 spectator boats ringed the race track to watch the fleet of 9 do battle in the […]
Artemis Racing wins Arzanà’s Trophy City of Venice
America's CupHuge crowds lined the Grand Canal in Venice this afternoon for the Arzanà’s City of Venice Trophy race. With more than 25 knots of breeze it was fast and furious racing for the
Grand Prix – Les Ambassadeurs Vulcain Trophy
D35Geneva Today was the final day of a great weekend of racing on Lake Geneva. We sailed four great races to go with the previous ten, for a total of 14 races. The winds today were again in the 10-12 knot range with gusts to 16 at times. Artemis Racing had a pretty good day […]
Grand Prix – Les Ambassadeurs Vulcain Trophy
D35A much better day today onboard Artemis Racing as we moved up into third place overall. It was a long day on the water with six races in 12-18 knots of wind from the Southwest. We were much more consistent in our speed and handling of the boat and this gave us scores of 3, […]
Grand Prix – Les Ambassadeurs Vulcain Trophy
D35Today was the beginning of another season in the D35 Class here on Lake Geneva. This first regatta, Grand Prix Les Ambassadeurs, is part of a series of regattas called “The Vulcain Trophy”, which includes the Bol d’Or in June. Artemis finished 4th last season and we were excited to get back out there this […]
ACWS – NAPLES Wrap up
America's CupArtemis Racing win Match Racing Championships There was a lot on the table this morning at the America
TEAM UPDATE – ACWS – NAPLES – Day 3
America's CupRain, rain, rain and lighter air conditions were the order of the day in Naples as the third day of the America’
AMERICA’S CUP WORLD SERIES – NAPLES – DAY 1
America's CupIt was an action packed start to the America’
CAYARD’S UPDATE – ACWS – NAPLES
America's CupA great day for racing in Napoli. The America’s Cup World Series was in full flight today with match racing and fleet racing. The winds were 8 to 12 knots from the West and there was a bit of cloud around. The rain stopped for exactly three hours and those were the three hours of […]
Artemis Racing announces line-up for ACWS – Naples
America's CupArtemis Racing, Challenger of Record for the 34th America’s Cup, will begin training tomorrow in Naples(Italy) for the fourth America’
RC 44 Puerto Calero
RC44Only one race today, after a lot of waiting. New wind direction, but just as tricky as all the other days. We had a good race and finished 4th. Nothing changed in the results since yesterday for the top three teams which meant TeamAqua won the event, the French on Aleph were second and Artemis […]
Puerto Calero
RC44Less wind, more shifts. 40 degrees was the average. Four races were held in 8-12 knots more or less from the north. The scores will show it was very tough day for all teams but Aqua who were on fire all day. They had three wins and a third! Onboard Artemis, we had a pretty […]
Puerto Calero
RC44A bit less wind today but a lot shiftier. 30 degree wind shifts were the norm on the race course which is in the lee of the island. This makes for a tough day for tacticians. Three races were completed. Team Aqua, one of the top teams in the RC44 Class, showed how tough it […]
Puerto Calero
RC44It was forecast to be breezy and it was. Just one race was held today in 16-22 knots of wind. I am filling in for Morgan Larson this week as tactician on Artemis. It is a nice opportunity for me to sail with my boss, Torbjorn Tornqvist. After a few delays due to difficulty in […]
CAYARD’S UPDATE – JANUARY 2012
America's CupArtemis Racing is preparing its two AC45s for an upcoming training session in Valencia. In November, we bought a second AC45 in order to create a competitive environment in-house. The two AC45s will enable us to train in the same manner as Oracle Racing currently trains, and as will Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) and […]
America’s Cup World Series – San Diego
America's CupThree races were held today on San Diego Bay in 10 knots of wind and flat water. Now in the third event of this series, the fleet is getting much more competitive resulting in closer racing and lots of mixing of the results. The top team after three races is the French Team Energy with […]
Paul Cayard inducted into National Sailing Hall of Fame
Media ReportAt the inaugural ceremony this evening in San Diego, Paul Cayard was among 15 sailing greats inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame. Having started sailing at the age of seven, Paul Cayard has become one of the best known American sailors of his time. A seven-time world champion, two-time Olympian, Round the World […]
RC 44 Croatia
RC44Rovinj Two races were held today in 6-7 knots of wind and the Artemis/Katusha team had a good day. Artemis had a 1, 2 and Katusha had a 5, 1. Artemis moved up to second place for the regatta behind Aqua who did just what they had to do to seal their first place. Cereef […]
RC 44 Croatia
RC44Three races were held today for the RC44 fleet in light winds topping out at 7 knots. Aqua continued their form from yesterday maintaining their lead in this regatta. Cereef is keeping consistent and is second overall. Aleph and Oracle had good days and are tied for third. Artemis had a pretty good day with […]
RC 44 Croatia
RC44Rovinj The perfect weather allowed the Race Committee to serve up 4 races again today here in Rovinj. The bright sunshine and 10 knots sea breeze made for a perfect day of racing…third in a row really. And the forecast is for the conditions to remain the same through the end of the event on […]
RC 44 Croatia
RC44Rovinj 4 races were held today in 6-13 knots. Artemis had a good day. Katusha had a bad day. For complete results go to www.rc44.com
RC 44 Croatia
RC44Rovinj, Croatia First, this place is beautiful. I was last here in 1990 for the ACI Match Racing Regatta. The town is charming, the water perfectly clear, and the locals are very friendly and happy to host this international competition. Today was the Match Racing day of the event. The technical committee decided to shorten […]
D35 Antibes
D35The D35 season came to a close today here in Antibes. The wind gods were a lot more pleasant to the fleet today providing 6-11 knots of wind which allowed for four races. Artemis Racing had some up and down scores and finished 5th in the event. This was two positions better than Velti Group […]
D35-Antibes
D35Antibes No wind, no racing. Went for a nice run this morning and going to have dinner with my cousins in Mougins tonight. Hoping for wind tomorrow. Paul
D35-Antibes
D35Antibes The final regatta of the D35 season started Thursday in Antibes. At the end of Friday the fleet has raced four races, all of them in very light winds. In the second race of Thursday we started in 5 knots of wind and finished in 2 knots of wind. Onboard Artemis, we struggled yesterday […]
RC 44 Sweden
RC44Good sailing conditions were served up today in Marstrand. With 10-15 knots of wind from the South, Peter Reggio was able to get three races in for the RC44 fleet. Neither Artemis Racing nor Katusha had a very good day which capped off not a very good regatta for us. Artemis finished 8th for the […]
RC 44 Sweden
RC4430 knots winds and 3 meter seas were waiting for the fleet this morning and forced race officer Peter Luigi Reggio to hold the fleet ashore until 1400. Thereafter, two nice races were sailed. The first in 15 dropping to 10 knots and the second in 10 to 8 knots. The forecast had the wind […]
RC 44 Sweden
RC44It was a wet and dreary day weather wise but there was a bit of wind and the Petter Reggio and his race committee managed to get in three good races. Katusha and Artemis both had two scores in the first two races. Katusha with a 3, 2 and Artemis with a 4, 5. The […]
RC 44 Sweden
RC44The fleet racing portion of the event got underway today. Unfortunately the wind was very fickle and only allowed for one very light wind race. There was an abundance of sunshine though which made for a pleasant day. Artemis Racing with Torbjorn Tornqvist at the helm sailed a great first windward leg and first run […]
RC 44 Sweden
RC44Good sailing conditions were served up today for the first day of racing here in Sweden… 11-16 knots and an oscillating breeze from 170-210. Skies were overcast and even some rain this morning. 7 flights were held but for most that means 4 races and the fleet has now grown to 16 boats and only […]
America’s Cup World Series – Cascais
America's CupThe first racing of the new America’s Cup is now in the record books. In yesterday’s only and final race, there were three lead changes, the top boat speed was 24 knots, the course had 6 legs, and the race took 40 minutes and was within .5 miles of the shore. Everything that had been […]
Artemis Racing on the eve of action
America's CupToday was the final shakedown for the nine teams competing in the first America’s Cup World Series regatta, which starts tomorrow and runs through 14 August in Cascais, Portugal. In a steady 8-15 knot breeze, Artemis Racing lined up against the competition for three short practice fleet races. It was just a glimpse of what […]
AC45 Training
America's CupOur team has been training on our AC45 here in Valencia for a week now. I went out yesterday and joined them onboard in 18-22 knots of wind. It was quite a ride! 27 knots was the top speed of the day and 20-24 knots is normal downwind speed in those conditions. Our coach, Andrew […]
RC44 Cagliari Cup Final
RC44Excellent day for both Katusha and Artemis Racing. Katusha with scores of 3, 3, 1 tied for best boat on the day with Oracle. So, Katusha moved up to 6th for the regatta. Artemis Racing had a very good day also with scores of 2, 5, 3 and that moves them up to second place […]