Benedict Donovan
The week in racing - 22 June ‘26
A world title decided by two points in Sardinia, a maxi charging into Bermuda under the cover of darkness, and SailGP's first-ever four-boat final going right down to the wire. It's been a full-on week of racing, and there’s...
Los Gallos pip Artemis to win SailGP’s first four-boat final
Spain’s Los Gallos scored their first win of the 2026 SailGP season after coming out on top in a drag race to the finish line with Artemis Sweden, in the league’s first fourth-boat final at the Canada Sail Grand Prix. Switzerland...
Flying Roos open their account in Halifax with perfect score
Almost glassy calm greeted the fleet on the water in Halifax today. Strong winds earlier in the forecast had prompted Race Management to split the fleet for the weekend, with racing run in two groups to ease the congestion of all...
Black Foils acquired in landmark deal as SailGP league enters full private ownership
The Black Foils have been sold. MSP Sports Capital, the private-equity firm run by veteran sports operators Jahm Najafi and Jeff Moorad, has bought a majority stake in SailGP's New Zealand team – and with that, every one of the...
SailGP's first female driver replaced for Halifax
For the first time since she joined the league, Martine Grael will not be driving for Mubadala Brazil. The crew lists published on SailGP's website today ahead of this weekend's Canada Sail Grand Prix in Halifax confirm it. In...
How Beccaria stole the Vendée Arctique in the final miles
For eight days, the Vendée Arctique looked like Sam Goodchild’s race to lose. He’d led since the first night out of Les Sables d’Olonne, built a healthy cushion in the tens of miles, and pointed MACIF Santé Prévoyance at home...
The week in racing - 15 June '26
Three titles changed hands across Europe this week, from a Frenchman running away with the Moth Europeans on the Costa Brava, a new Musto Skiff world champ, and a Dane finally ending a 46-year wait at the OK Dinghy Worlds. And...
Canada's SailGP stars are squeezing into Optimists before Halifax
Three days before SailGP’s F50s tear up Halifax Harbour at close to 50 knots, the NorthStar Canada crew will climb into Optimists – the bathtub-shaped dinghies every sailor learns the ropes in – for a race billed as ‘the fastest...
Everything we know about Ferrari Hypersail
Ferrari has never built a boat. So when the most famous name in motorsport finally decided to make one, it was never going to be a weekend cruiser tied up in Portofino. Hypersail is a roughly 30-metre flying monohull built with a...
Vendée Arctique: Goodchild first to Arctic Circle at the race’s turning point
Sam Goodchild has taken the Vendée Arctique somewhere it’s never been. At 09:45 on Thursday morning, the Franco-British skipper of MACIF Santé Prévoyance steered across the Arctic Circle, becoming the first competitor to reach 66...
AC Recon: Luna Rossa's AC75 hits 40 knots on day one
The America's Cup has never been a sport for early finishers, and on Wednesday Luna Rossa proved that point once again. The Italians waited until the Cagliari sun was sliding towards the sea before lifting their AC75 off the...
After the New York crash, what should SailGP actually do? The Foil community weighs in
Nothing gets people talking quite like a crash. The pile-up at the New York SailGP has set off the loudest debate we’ve seen in The Foil community since, well, the last major collision in Auckland, just four events prior. With...
The week in racing - 8 June '26
Plenty to get stuck into this week: the Sardinia Cup back from a 14-year exile, a three-time Solitaire winner crowned in Le Havre, a back-to-back match racing win in Annapolis, and the Vendée Arctique under way on its dash to the...
The week in racing - 1 June ‘26
It's been a week of firsts, finales and a fair bit of frustration – Gitana 18 finally airborne, fresh champions crowned off Sorrento and Marseille, and SailGP staring down a logistical mess on both sides of the Atlantic. Let's...
Flying Roos pip Great Britain for victory in the Big Apple
Australia’s Bonds Flying Roos came back from a damaging collision with debris in the pre-race warm-up to fight off Emirates Great Britain in a thrilling flying finish at the New York SailGP. The result marks a third consecutive...
