Benedict Donovan
System limit led to Auckland collision, Black Foils reveal
Black Foils co-CEOs Pete Burling and Blair Tuke fronted the media at Viaduct Harbour, Auckland on Thursday morning, delivering their most detailed account yet of the collision that hospitalised grinder Louis Sinclair and Manon...
'We're still Danish': What American Magic takeover means for Rockwool
An organisation built around the oldest trophy in sport is now going all-in on the newest league in elite sailing. As we reported last week, American Magic – the New York Yacht Club's Cup challenger for the past two America’s...
French and Kiwi F50 hulls grafted together as Sydney deadline looms
Less than 72 hours after one of the most dramatic collisions in SailGP history, engineers in Auckland are already piecing together a new boat from the wreckage. At Southern Spars' facility in Avondale, what's being dubbed the...
The week in racing - 16 Feb '26
SailGP dominated the news this week – and not always for the right reasons. Plus a few other things are happening in the sailing world too… Australia land another Auckland victory – Tom Slingsby's Flying Roos claimed their second...
Flying Roos bound to victory over GBR and Spain in Auckland
Australia’s Bond Flying Roos found the edge over Emirates GBR and Spain’s Los Gallos crew to win the New Zealand Sail Grand Prix on Sunday. The result marks a second successive victory in Auckland for the Australians. In tough...
Black Foils collide with France as day-one racing is abandoned
The question on everyone's lips was whether 13 F50s could survive being crammed into Auckland's pressure cooker. By race three, we had our answer. The ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix – the second event of the 2026 season –...
Hawkins and Wilson take double British victory at iQFOiL Games opener
Britain's Emma Wilson and Finn Hawkins have claimed gold at the opening iQFOiL Games of 2026 in Lanzarote, capping a week that threw just about everything at the world's best windfoilers. Wilson, the defending champion, was never...
ETNZ AC75 returns home as Auckland becomes the centre of the sailing world
It's all happening in New Zealand right now. As SailGP descends on Auckland for round two of the 2026 Season, Emirates Team New Zealand has been quietly transporting its upgraded AC75 under cover of darkness. Taihoro made a...
The week in racing - 9 Feb '26
Sixteen-year-olds stealing the show in Hong Kong, Peninsula Racing ending a near-decade of frustration, and a legal challenge asking whether the America's Cup has strayed too far from its roots. Plus: Auckland prepares for 30,000...
Lanzarote crowns its 2026 champions as Olympic cycle gathers pace
The 2026 Lanzarote International Regatta wrapped up on Thursday with a light-wind finale that demanded every ounce of tactical nous from sailors who'd already been put through the wringer by a week of wildly varied conditions.
The results are in! What's missing in sailing media?
A week ago we asked a simple question: what stops you following more of the sport, and what would make it easier? The answers came back loud, specific, and slightly exasperated. The survey is still open if you want to have your...
Coutts wants teams hunting for young blood
SailGP has a bit of an age problem. As Tom ‘Mozzy’ Morris points out in his recent video for The Foil, the sailors who cut their teeth on the AC50 foiling cats during the 2017 America's Cup in Bermuda still dominate the circuit.
Burvill and Puttman crowned F18 World Champions
Brett Burvill and Max Puttman are the 2026 F18 World Champions after a nerveless final day performance at Jervoise Bay, Western Australia. The Australian duo sealed victory with a race win and a ninth, finishing eight points...
The week in racing - 2 Feb '26
Ernesto Bertarelli wants Luna Rossa to win the America's Cup. Yes, really. That's just one of the eyebrow-raisers from a week that also brought a heroic F50 repair job, Riptide being tossed a potential lifeline, and Harry Melges...
Quentin Debois smashes Mini 6.50 transatlantic record by six days
Another week, another Atlantic record tumbles. Belgian skipper Quentin Debois has smashed the world record for crossing the Atlantic east to west aboard a Mini 6.50, completing the 4,466-nautical-mile passage from Cadiz to San...
