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Low-breeze Sydney still a welcome distraction from reality
It is amazing how being in the bubble of SailGP can distract you from all that is going on in the world, not least the proliferation of hostilities in the Middle East. As soon as SailGP’s podium presentation was complete, and the...
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The Foil x Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix 2026(the “PROMOTER”) SAILGP WATERFRONT GRANDSTAND WEEKEND TICKET COMPETITION TERMS AND CONDITIONS These Terms and Conditions apply to the SailGP Waterfront Grandstand Weekend...
United States master light winds for shock Sydney win
The Sydney Sail Grand Prix served up conditions nobody expected – seven knots of breeze, both hulls planted in the water, and a fleet of F50s reduced to crawling across one of sailing's most famous venues. Forget the 50-knot...
Spain’s Los Gallos head the fleet after day one in Sydney
Can anyone beat the Flying Roos in Sydney? After day one, the answer is yes – just about. Los Gallos lead the standings after back-to-back wins in races two and three, with Diego Botín's crew reading the shifty conditions better...
Sydney SailGP preview: Could twilight racing around Shark Island shake things up?
As the venue of the first-ever SailGP race, Sydney Harbour is where it all began. Seven years on, the birthplace of the league hosts its seventh consecutive event – and this weekend promises something the circuit has never seen...
Lightning threat calls off SailGP practice – again
No practice racing for the second event running. Normally sailors aren’t that bothered about missing a practice race, especially if it’s chucking down with rain like it has been in Sydney for the past 24 hours. But lost time in...
Line honours for Argo and Black Jack 100 in RORC Caribbean 600
The gun fired at Fort Charlotte, Antigua on Monday morning and 56 boats poured into 15 knots of trade wind for the 17th RORC Caribbean 600. Nearly 500 sailors from 40 nations set off on one of offshore racing's most distinctive...
Tom 'Mozzy' Morris: SailGP's Auckland safety review doesn't add up
I’ve seen a race management hearing document that appears to contradict SailGP’s official safety narrative around the New Zealand–France collision in Auckland. And it also seems to back up what Pete Burling and Blair Tuke have...
'The safest is when you're pushing hard' - Billy Gooderham explains flight control
Last season, NorthStar SailGP Team’s flight controller Billy Gooderham spent most of his race time focused on a piece of PVC tape on the bow of the F50. “It is now painted on the boat for us with a new paint job this year, so...
Podcast Ep. 8 - Sydney SailGP preview + Quentin Delapierre on safety
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms Sydney SailGP is almost here, but the Auckland collision casts a long shadow. In this week's episode, the team digs into one of the most consequential weekends in SailGP's...
SailGP fixes split-fleet scoring mess
SailGP has quietly fixed the split-fleet scoring problem exposed in Auckland. The league updated its Notice of Race this morning to address the points imbalance that left teams frustrated after the season’s second event. The...
Jury verdict: Black Foils pushed too hard before Auckland crash
The Black Foils could have sailed their F50 more conservatively in order to avoid the loss of control that resulted in the collision with the French team at the Auckland SailGP Grand Prix earlier this month. That’s the broad...
AC Partnership taps Sky Italia exec as CEO
The America's Cup looks to have a new power broker, and he comes from a world far removed from yacht clubs and match racing. Though not yet officially announced, Italian media are reporting that Marzio Perrelli has been tapped as...
SailGP says no system fault in Auckland crash
SailGP has released its technical findings into the high-speed collision between the Black Foils and DS Team France at the New Zealand Sail Grand Prix – and the league's verdict is emphatic: no mechanical fault or software...
Freddie Carr: A week that changed the sport
How did we get to a point where nearly 20,000 paying fans turned up to watch sailing in Auckland over a single weekend? That doesn’t happen by accident. For SailGP it felt like a line in the sand – and, more broadly, a marker for...
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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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