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Denmark is top dog in Friday practice session in Valencia
Friday’s practice racing at the Spain Sail Grand Prix in Valencia offered an interesting glimpse into the 13-boat fleet’s form in light, marginal-foiling breeze. There were three races each for Groups A and B. With conditions...
Five things to watch as SailGP races in Valencia for the first time
SailGP arrives in Valencia this weekend for round 10 of season six, the league's first visit to a city that has hosted two America's Cups. Spain is familiar ground for the fleet, but Valencia is not. Sixteen years on from BMW...
LIVE: The Ocean Race Atlantic fleet departs New York
The Foil is live streaming The Ocean Race Atlantic's send-off from New York at midday local time today (1 September, 16:00 UTC). Worth being clear on what you're watching, though: this is the parade past the Statue of Liberty and...
Freddie Carr: Platoon take control in Lanzarote as the 52SS title race turns
As I have gone on about previously, the 52 SUPER SERIES is the most competitive racing I do. Fractions of a second at the start line and inches at the top mark can ultimately dictate your overall regatta position. We visit some...
The week in racing - 31 August ‘26
This week we’ve seen a new ILCA 7 world champion crowned in Dublin Bay, the 52 Super Series title race turned on its head in Lanzarote, and the IMOCA fleet limbering up for a transatlantic sprint that gets under way on Tuesday.
Rate the fleet: Andy Rice on Sassnitz SailGP
Despite the gusty, squally conditions on Saturday, Sassnitz repeated the Portsmouth miracle of 13 boats starting the weekend and all 13 completing the weekend. The split fleet racing between Groups A and B really seems to be...
Luna Rossa test new rudder – and take a knock
After a fortnight off, Luna Rossa were back on the water off Cagliari yesterday with something new to try on the boat. A reworked rudder – extra blade area up top, less down low, built to sharpen the leading edge – had been...
REPLAY: Puerto Calero Lanzarote 52 Super Series Royal Cup
The 52 Super Series heads to Puerto Calero for the Royal Cup, and we're streaming all the racing on The Foil this week. It's the fourth of five regattas this season, and the second back-to-back event in Lanzarote after last...
Freddie Carr: The SailGP teams that must decide to stick or twist
As season six of SailGP moves towards the sharp end, there are clearly teams having seasons they will be proud of. They have improved on where they were 12 months ago, won events, made podiums and put themselves into the fight...
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...
Black Foils dominate practice day in Sassnitz
The Black Foils from New Zealand set the benchmark on the waters off Sassnitz, after a three-race practice session on Friday afternoon in marginal foiling conditions. Pete Burling’s crew dominated Group A with a 1-1-2 record...
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...
Andy Rice: A good Worlds for GBR, and a good Worlds for the 470 Class
The future of the 470 as an Olympic class is under scrutiny, as it is for the Nacra 17 catamaran and the men’s and women’s kiteboarding classes. All of them have their obvious weaknesses, the 470 being that it is now the oldest...
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Build-up to LA2028
The Olympic sailing programme for the Los Angeles 2028 Games has a lot of similarities with Paris 2024. The same 10 events stay the same from 2024, although the hope and expectation is that the weather will be much kinder than...
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Olympic History
Olympic Sailing is one of the oldest sports on the modern Olympic programme. Originally known as Yachting until the Sydney 2000 Games, the sport’s Olympic history reflects the evolution of sailing itself, transitioning from a...
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