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The Foil Weekly Wrap - 26 Jan '26
This week saw Thomas Coville's Sodebo smash the Jules Verne Trophy time while The Famous Project became the first all-female crew to sail nonstop around the world on a multihull. Elsewhere, the America's Cup finally announced...
The Famous Project crew complete first all-female non-stop circumnavigation
They crossed the line battered, bruised and sailing under a makeshift rig. But none of that mattered. After 57 days and 22 hours at sea, the eight women aboard the maxi trimaran IDEC SPORT became the first all-female crew to...
Sodebo claims Jules Verne Trophy after 40 days of relentless ocean racing
After 40 days at sea, Thomas Coville and his crew crossed the finish line looking every bit as battered as their boat, finally claiming the prize that had eluded them for six years. Crossing the virtual finish line between Ushant...
AC38: 6 key questions that still need answers
The launch event in the Palazzo Reale di Napoli for the 38th America's Cup this week was certainly impressive. But in terms of things actually learned? We're not left with a whole lot more than we already knew from the America’s...
Rise of the machines: Why automation is a problem
Did you know that Tom Cruise does his own movie stunts? Yes, of course you do. It’s part of the reason why his movies are such profitable blockbusters. After 30 or more years of incredible CGI effects, the Mission Impossible...
Was Burling really at fault? Perth SailGP collision explained
“Was Peter Burling really at fault for the collision and if he was, is there really anything we could reasonably expect him to do?” That’s the key question Tom ‘Mozzy’ Morris explains in his deep-dive analysis into the...
AC38: 6 things we learned today in Naples
Against the opulent backdrop of Naples' Palazzo Reale – all frescoed ceilings and gilded mirrors – the America's Cup teams, sponsors, and organisers gathered this morning to officially launch the Louis Vuitton 38th America's Cup.
The Ocean Race route announced for 2027
The Ocean Race 2027 will open with the longest first leg in the event's 53-year history, organisers confirmed today. The fleet departs Alicante on 17 January 2027, bound for Auckland – a 14,000-nautical-mile passage that will...
Podcast Ep. 3 - Perth SailGP review, plus offshore record-breaking
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms Neil Cole, Freddie Carr and Andy Rice reflect on the main talking points thrown up by the SailGP season opener in Perth – which all agree was the “best event yet”. The team...
Ainslie names Fletcher as helm for new GB1 attack
Dylan Fletcher will be the helm of GB1, the new name for Sir Ben Ainslie’s campaign for the 2027 edition of the America’s Cup in Naples. Fresh off the back of steering Emirates GBR to victory last weekend at the opening event of...
How the AC75 has grown up
I’ll never forget a moment in 2018 when Ben Ainslie stepped out of his office after a long call with Team New Zealand’s management. On that call, the AC75 had just been described to him – in words alone. Ben grabbed a pen and did...
The Foil Weekly Wrap - 19 Jan '26
This week we've got the first AC38 date confirmed, the inaugural Perth Sail Grand Prix delivered strong racing with the usual dose of controversy, and there's been action across the Atlantic from both the RORC Transatlantic Race...
Perth review: Season 6 kicks off as Perth stakes claim as SailGP's best venue
Perth has immediately established itself as one of the best venues that SailGP could ever hope to visit. When so much time, money and effort is involved in taking the bandwagon around the world, you want to know that when you get...
Great Britain launch SailGP defence with Perth glory
Emirates GBR kicked off their SailGP title defence in emphatic fashion with a dominant victory in Perth, bouncing back from an average opening day in Australia to win back-to-back fleet races and the final. After a controversial...
Day 1 in Perth: Sweden steal the show in SailGP debut
What a dramatic start to Season 6. Before racing even kicked off today, Los Gallos were out after severe damage to their F50 in training, reducing the fleet to 12 boats, not 13. The news then came that the Season 4 champions...
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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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