Benedict Donovan
The week in racing - 24 August ‘26
The F50s found a new gear in Sassnitz, America's Cup's lawyers are still busy, and two new junior world champions emerged in Denmark – there's a lot to get through from the last seven days. Here's the rundown, plus what to watch...
Flying Roos hit high five with victory in Sassnitz
Australia’s Bonds Flying Roos comfortably beat NorthStar Canada, Spain’s Los Gallos and New Zealand’s Black Foils to take their fifth win of the SailGP season in the final at Sassnitz and strengthen their position at the top of...
Flying Roos and Black Foils lead the way in Germany
The Bonds Flying Roos and Black Foils lead the way at the end of day one at the Germany Sail Grand Prix, on a bright and breezy day that featured a new record top speed being set for SailGP. In Group B, Australia got off to a...
Plans uncovered to reinvent SailGP's race weekend – news even to the sailors
SailGP are seemingly wrestling with their current format – is it the best version of itself it can be? A survey that went out last night reveals some of the concepts the league is weighing up. It was only live for a couple of...
The week in racing - 17 August ‘26
From Enoshima to the North Sea, this week's had it all: three sets of world champions crowned, a 1,805-mile race finally settled, and a start-line near miss that's got us rethinking how SailGP might start its races. Enoshima...
How Pace took line honours in the 2026 Round Britain and Ireland Race, one chapter at a time
Johnny Vincent's Volvo 70 Pace crossed the Royal Yacht Squadron line off Cowes at 04:17:31 BST on Sunday 16 August, taking monohull line honours in the 2026 RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race. Six days, 14 hours, 47 minutes and...
The week in racing - 10 August ‘26
This week saw the Olympic fleets sign off a globe-trotting season on LA's 2028 waters, both New Zealand and France back in their AC75s, plus the start of a 1,805-mile epic around Britain and Ireland. Let’s get into it! The San...
ARC Team USA reveals its founding crew – here's who made the cut
After months of speculation, we finally know who will be doing the sailing for American Racing Challenger Team USA. On Monday afternoon, the American challenger for the 38th America's Cup announced its founding squad, naming the...
Farewell to Carlo Borlenghi, sailing’s defining eye
Legendary marine photographer Carlo Borlenghi has died at the age of 70. Carlo picked up a camera as a teenager on the shores of Lake Como and never really put it down again. From those early days shooting local regattas, his...
The week in racing - 3 August ‘26
From a German festival packed with nearly a thousand dinghy sailors, to the LA 2028 Olympic waters, to a certain Challenger of Record with plenty of catching up to do on its half-finished AC75 – there's been no shortage going on...
The week in racing - 27 July ‘26
Olympic hopefuls sizing up the LA 2028 racecourse in California, a long-awaited first 52 Super Series win for a French crew, the most wide-open SailGP weekend of the season in Portsmouth, and the Clipper fleet home after the best...
Los Gallos defeat Artemis for victory in Portsmouth
Super Sunday on the Solent, and with 18-metre wings on and speeds well over 90km/h, the stage was set for a frantic finish to the Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix. Two more fleet races per group to decide the final four,...
Six winners from six races on Day 1 in Portsmouth
Six different winners from each of the six group races was proof of SailGP racing at its very best, after a brilliant opening day of action at the Portsmouth Sail Grand Prix on Saturday. In Group A, Northstar Canada, Spain’s Los...
The week in racing - 20 July ‘26
Olympic hopefuls chasing points on the future LA28 waters at Long Beach, the SSL Gold Cup dishing out its final European tickets to Rio in Switzerland, and fresh European champions crowned in the WASZP and ILCA fleets. And to top...
Ferrari Hypersail: Why a car company is building an ocean racer
Ferrari has never built a sailing boat. Its first is Hypersail, a 100-foot fully foiling monohull designed to fly across oceans on renewable energy alone and chase records that have only ever belonged to multihulls. It's an...
