By 2016, the Extreme 40, a sleek carbon fiber conventional catamaran, was replaced by the hydrofoil-equipped GC32 in the Extreme Sailing Series.

The Extreme Sailing Series lineup for 2017 has been revealed and racing will once again return to the US for a stop in San Diego.

The SAP Extreme Sailing team flying across Cardiff Bay. (CNN) — The GC32 catamaran is flying two meters above Cardiff Bay at breakneck speed, and I am holding on for dear life.

The team digs in after early adversity to claim second spot at Act 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series.

The Extreme Sailing Series is coming to San Diego for a four-day event, Oct. 19-22, where spectators can watch as some of the world’s top sailors compete against one another racing in GC32 ...

Watch highlights from the final round of the Extreme Sailing Series 2013.

O’pen BIC is another product from Bic, and open is for the open transom of the junior-sized sailing dinghy. Like many vessel designations, the prototype became the class.

Once labeled one of the “Three Blondes in a Boat,” two-time Olympic champion and mother of two Sarah Ayton has become a trailblazer in Extreme Sailing.

Rocketship As a guest sailor in the Extreme Sailing Series, I am sitting at the front of the catamaran, desperately hanging on to two handles attached to a bit of netting, when dozens of liters of ...

His next extreme feat starts on Dec. 31 when Thomson pairs with Pepe Ribes of Spain to compete in the Barcelona World Race, in which pairs race nonstop around the world unassisted, an event that ...

What is it like to fly over the water at the speed of a car in a hydro-foiling rocketship? CNN found out by joining the Extreme Sailing series on a wild and windy day in Cardiff Bay, Wales.