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Ten titles decided as Trofeo Princesa Sofía delivers a finals day full of drama
The first Sailing Grand Slam of the season finished in style on the Bay of Palma, with ten Olympic class titles decided in near-perfect conditions. The new two-race finals format – on test for the first time ahead of LA 2028 –...
Trofeo Sofía 2026: Updates from Palma
Andy Rice is at the Bay of Palma bringing daily updates from the 55th Trofeo Princesa Sofía, one of Olympic sailing's biggest annual gatherings. We'll be updating this page throughout the regatta (30 March – 4 April), so check...
Podcast Ep. 13 - Olympic dreams, TP52 action and America's Cup secrets
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms This week, Andy Rice and Freddie Carr report from opposite ends of the Bay of Palma – Andy cycling 10 kilometres along the coast to chase down Olympic stars, Freddie shivering...
Riptide Racing bows out of AC38 with eyes on the next cycle
The same day the America's Cup Partnership confirmed that additional late entries had been received ahead of the 31 March deadline, one American hopeful has announced it won't be among them. Riptide Racing, the syndicate led by...
New challengers confirmed for AC38 – here's who might be in
The America's Cup Partnership has confirmed that new entries have been lodged for the 38th America's Cup in Naples – though it's keeping the details under wraps for now. Today marks the late entry deadline of 31 March (extended...
Freddie Carr: The authentic grand prix class I just can't get enough of
If you’ve ever had the privilege of racing a TP52 – of any generation, under any rule, in any format over the past two decades – you’ll probably agree: it stands as one of the finest box-rule classes keelboat sailing has ever...
The Foil Weekly Wrap - 30 March '26
A new round-the-world record that's been standing for over two decades has finally fallen, GB1 steps up their two-boat training with a new face from Luna Rossa, and the final showdown of the Globe40 gets underway from Brazil.
WASZP Games: Ball and Lattanzi deliver USA's first-ever double
72 boats from 12 nations raced on Pensacola Bay this week for the 2026 WASZP Games – the largest one-design foiling event ever staged in North America. The week began with an opening ceremony at the American Magic High...
Dash for (not very much) Cash
It was only €100, but Philipp Buhl looked delighted to grab the cash all the same. He’d just finished first in an experimental race, the start of a new project called the Sailing Energy Series, and it involved eight of the...
Four new names for the America's Cup Hall of Fame
The America's Cup Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2026, with three-time Cup winner Glenn Ashby, the Beken family of photographers, navigator Peter Isler and sailmaking pioneer Lowell North set to be inducted at a gala in...
Podcast Ep. 12 - The Battle for Britannia
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms The Foil team discuss the big America’s Cup story of the moment: the battle for the Britannia AC75 following Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s demand for Sir Ben Ainslie to return the boat he...
Ineos vs Athena: What happens when you make Ben Ainslie angry
“They’ve made a big mistake. They’ve made me angry; you don’t want to make me angry.” The words of Ben Ainslie after a controversial race 8 of the Olympic Regatta at London 2012. The Danish and Dutch competitors in the Finn...
WASZP Games: How a boat designed to stop young sailors quitting became an elite feeder class
72 boats from 12 nations are foiling on Pensacola Bay this week for the 2026 WASZP Games, and while that number is a fraction of the record 247 who showed up to last year's championship in Weymouth, the drop owes more to...
Freddie Carr: Britain's greatest sailing team, and why it fell apart
October 12 2024 stands as one of the proudest days of my life. Walking down the dock with my team-mates to start the America’s Cup match against Emirates Team New Zealand was the culmination of 12 years of hard work across three...
The Foil Weekly Wrap - 23 March '26
This week in the sailing world we saw another America's Cup challenger on the water, The Ocean Race reveal a new transatlantic route, a legal spat threatens to derail GB1. Meanwhile, the Olympic fleets head to Palma and the...
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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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