Organisers of the 2022-2023 Ocean Race have entered an agreement with Ocean Bottle, aimed at reducing the volume of single-use plastic deposited in the seas.

World Sailing President Quanhai Li has met with his International Olympic Committee (IOC) counterpart Thomas Bach and the organisation's vice-president Ser Miang Ng to present the sport's vision for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Sailing's global governing body has shifted to its new headquarters in London.

Eight Russian and Belarusian World Sailing officials, including Council member Tatiana Ermakova, remain temporarily suspended by the global governing body after losing their appeals.

The Netherlands' Bart Lambriex and Floris van der Werken sailed to back-to-back 49er world titles as compatriots Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz secured the 49erFX gold medal in Nova Scotia.

Bart Lambriex and Floris van de Werken are closing in on a successful defence of their 49er world title after a good day off the Nova Scotia coast - and they are not the only Dutch sailors primed for success.

Urvasi Naidoo has been appointed as World Sailing's director of legal and governance, joining from the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).

Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallists Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti won another three races to extend their incredible run at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Nova Scotia.

Olympic champions Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti continued to set a stunning standard of racing at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Nova Scotia by winning two more races after six consecutive triumphs earlier in the competition.

Dutch sailors have put themselves in pole position to qualify in the top three of the 49er and 49er FX at the World Championships while Olympic champions Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti have the advantage in the Nacra 17 event in Nova Scotia.

Long-serving members Sir Michael Fay, Alan Sefton and Andrew Johns have severed ties with the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) in protest at the decision to choose Barcelona as host of sailing's 2024 America's Cup.

National Federations of World Sailing have unanimously backed a proposal for the Board to draft amendments to the organisation's Constitution, at an Extraordinary General Meeting held virtually on Monday (July 18).

World Sailing has appointed Koray Ezer as its new head of international development to further the International Federation's goal of growing the sport and making it more accessible.

Spain lifted the Nations Trophy at the Youth World Sailing Championships off the coast of Scheveningen in The Hague, aided by victory for Maria Perello Mora and Marta Cardona Alcantara in the women's two-person dinghy 420 event.

The Netherlands’ Pieter Jan Postma made history on the final day of the Finn World Masters, where he completed the competition in Helsinki unbeaten.