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American Express secures title rights to SailGP's Hong Kong opener
American Express has signed as title sponsor of SailGP's inaugural Hong Kong event, which opens the 2027 season on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 January. The event will run as the American Express Hong Kong Sail Grand Prix. Hong Kong...
The week in racing - 12 Oct ’26
It’s been a good week to be Italian on the water, from Furio Benussi’s fourth Barcolana win on the bounce to foiling titles in Cádiz and Sardinia. Elsewhere, Platoon Aviation sealed the 52 Super Series in Valencia, and Lake Garda...
LIVE: 2026 Sardinia Kiteboard Grand Slam
It’s the last chance saloon in Quartu Sant’Elena. The 10th Sardinia Kiteboard Grand Slam – the final international Formula Kite event of 2026 before Olympic qualification begins in January – reaches the last day of its final...
Two days, two headaches for Luna Rossa in Cagliari
It’s not every day you see an America’s Cup team fix its boat with tape and carry on sailing. But that’s what Luna Rossa did in Cagliari this week, after a broken sensor pole punched a hole in the side of its AC75. The damage,...
Why a Formula One insider is betting on the America’s Cup
It’s Saturday morning in Naples, and the latest team to join the Cup fleet on the water is still savouring its first day of racing. Over a cup of coffee overlooking the marina, I sat down with Chris Welch, whose ARC Team USA won...
LIVE: 52 Super Series Valencia Sailing Week – the title decider
The 52 Super Series season comes down to one last regatta, and The Foil is there for all of it. We're livestreaming every day of Valencia Sailing Week, 6–10 October, as a record 16-boat fleet from 11 nations races off Malvarrosa...
The Tabarly Effect: how one quiet sailor built a nation of ocean racers
Walk the pontoons at Lorient La Base on any weekday and you are in the most concentrated gathering of offshore racing talent on the planet. Ultims, IMOCAs, Class40s and Minis lie moored in the shadow of colossal concrete bunkers...
Why Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez is so special
There are regattas you go to because you want to win, and there are regattas that remind you why you fell in love with sailing in the first place. Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez manages to do both. The racing matters. Anyone who...
The week in racing - 5 Oct ’26
It's been a busy old week, from Olympic qualification getting under way at the Asian Games to the giant Ultims touching the mid-40s off Brittany, with a double-handed offshore world title for France and the classics out in force...
The RC44: how Russell Coutts hit a winning formula
Most grand prix sailing classes burn bright and fade fast. Owners arrive, spend heavily, win or lose, and move on to the next shiny thing within three or four seasons. The RC44 has defied that cycle for the best part of two...
The Foil Debrief: What America's Cup warm-up events could count for
Listen on Spotify and other platforms Mozzy's back. He's spent the summer on the beach sailing a Mirror, but the America's Cup has “summoned” him back “like a demon from the deep”, and he's brought some opinions with him. Mozzy...
Podcast: Not everyone left Naples smiling
Listen on Spotify and other platforms Naples brought the crowds, the drama and a taste of what next year’s America’s Cup could deliver. But how much did we really learn from the preliminary regatta? Neil Cole, Andy Rice, Lewis...
The week in racing - 28 Sep ‘26
It's been a busy week across the board. In Naples, Peter Burling got one over on his old team to win the second Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta, while on the Solent, Pietro Loro Piana and his crew ended a 15-year wait on a...
Luna Rossa defeat the defenders at the AC38 venue
Luna Rossa have taken the Naples title, beating Emirates Team New Zealand by 17 seconds in the match race final – a show of strength from the home team on the very waters that will host the 2027 America’s Cup. For Peter Burling,...
Can anyone stop Luna Rossa? The French give it a go on day 2 in Naples
Luna Rossa and Emirates Team New Zealand remain in the top two heading into the final day of the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta in Naples, but day two belonged to La Roche-Posay Racing Team. Quentin Delapierre’s French crew...
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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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