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Five things to look out for at Sassnitz SailGP
SailGP returns to the Baltic coast for the Germany Sail Grand Prix, heading back to the small German town of Sassnitz that produced one of the most extraordinary weekends in the league's history. Crashes, structural failure and a...
Freddie Carr: Why Sassnitz could define the SailGP season
In any sport, in any league, there are certain weekends that come to define a season. They do not necessarily arrive with a trophy on the line. Often, they appear just before the business end, when the final shuffle begins and...
The week in racing - 17 August ‘26
From Enoshima to the North Sea, this week's had it all: three sets of world champions crowned, a 1,805-mile race finally settled, and a start-line near miss that's got us rethinking how SailGP might start its races. Enoshima...
The real story behind the Black Foils’ new SailGP recruits
New Zealand's Black Foils have added two sailors to their crew roster, but only one has officially been announced. Announced is Olympic multihull hopeful Kate Stewart, who joins the team as reserve strategist, working alongside...
How Pace took line honours in the 2026 Round Britain and Ireland Race, one chapter at a time
Johnny Vincent's Volvo 70 Pace crossed the Royal Yacht Squadron line off Cowes at 04:17:31 BST on Sunday 16 August, taking monohull line honours in the 2026 RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race. Six days, 14 hours, 47 minutes and...
Podcast: The six American sailors chosen to take back the Cup
The America's Cup teams are taking shape, and this week there are some fascinating new names entering the picture. Lewis Smith, Andy Rice and Neil Cole look at the newly announced United States America's Cup crew, the strong...
The week in racing - 10 August ‘26
This week saw the Olympic fleets sign off a globe-trotting season on LA's 2028 waters, both New Zealand and France back in their AC75s, plus the start of a 1,805-mile epic around Britain and Ireland. Let’s get into it! The San...
ARC Team USA reveals its founding crew – here's who made the cut
After months of speculation, we finally know who will be doing the sailing for American Racing Challenger Team USA. On Monday afternoon, the American challenger for the 38th America's Cup announced its founding squad, naming the...
Cowes Week at 200: Still one of the best weeks in sailing
Sitting on the ferry home from the bicentenary Cowes Week, I can honestly say it was one of the most enjoyable weeks of sailing I’ve had in a very long time. The regatta was a genuine celebration of our sport in all its forms –...
Andy Rice: Slowly does it on the Solent obstacle course
Could there be anything better than racing at the 200th edition of Cowes Week? Especially with the drought-inducing weather that the UK has been basking under lately. For years I’ve been resisting the invite of my old friend,...
The tactician's role: Elliot Hanson on his career change of tack
Elliot Hanson represented Great Britain in the Laser at Tokyo 2020. Since then, he's moved into keel boat sailing – not just as a crew member, but as a tactician building and running a team in the Cape 31 class. In this...
Five into one: Decoding GB1's female America's Cup crew roster
GB1 have confirmed Jemima Lines as the newest addition to Britain's America's Cup squad. With five women now contracted, the pieces are falling into place, but who goes where? It was always going to happen like this. Back on 26...
Farewell to Carlo Borlenghi, sailing’s defining eye
Legendary marine photographer Carlo Borlenghi has died at the age of 70. Carlo picked up a camera as a teenager on the shores of Lake Como and never really put it down again. From those early days shooting local regattas, his...
The week in racing - 3 August ‘26
From a German festival packed with nearly a thousand dinghy sailors, to the LA 2028 Olympic waters, to a certain Challenger of Record with plenty of catching up to do on its half-finished AC75 – there's been no shortage going on...
Ainslie gets back on the water for Cowes Week
When I interviewed Ben Ainslie recently for The Foil, he told me he rarely gets a chance to jump in a sailing boat these days. In fact, he couldn’t recall a time that he’s been sailing since the last race of the America’s Cup...
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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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