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Crispy, capsized and a case of the wrong jib: Day 1 in Naples
Luna Rossa made it look easy on the opening day of the Preliminary Regatta. Everyone else had a slightly more eventful time. The Bay of Naples finally got its racing underway today, and the home favourites wasted no time in...
Luna Rossa lead after a stop-start opening day in Naples
If any team was going to own the bay in Naples, surely it was the Italians. Luna Rossa arrive to the second Preliminary Regatta of the 38th America’s Cup bursting with talent across the board, with more AC40 training time than...
Five things to look out for in Naples this weekend
For the first time this cycle, the America's Cup teams are racing on the water that will decide the 38th edition. Nine AC40s from six teams line up on the Bay of Naples, with three days of fleet racing and a winner-takes-all...
Freddie Carr: Naples is not a neutral racecourse
The AC40 Preliminary Regatta will provide the first meaningful evidence of which teams understand the venue that will decide the 38th America’s Cup. I first went to Naples with Luna Rossa for the America’s Cup World Series events...
The week in racing - 21 Sep ‘26
Sam Goodchild has been making Charlie Dalin’s old boat fly in Lorient, 170 Swans have been out celebrating 60 years in Sardinia, and Ferrari have named the first sailors for its flying monohull. Here’s the round-up, plus a packed...
The Foil Debrief: Five more knots and Geneva would be the best event on the circuit
Spain find a way, Switzerland give the home crowd something to shout about, and the race for third gets tighter. Geneva delivered another reminder of how quickly a SailGP weekend can unravel. Andy Rice and Freddie Carr break down...
Los Gallos snatch Geneva from the Flying Roos
Day one in Geneva had left Rockwool Racing and Artemis holding the qualifying places in Group A, with the Bonds Flying Roos and the Black Foils doing the same in Group B. Only the top two from each group would make the four-boat...
Five races, five winners on day one of SailGP's Geneva drift
Geneva promised a light-air lottery and delivered one. With barely enough breeze to get the F50s up and going, day one of the Rolex Switzerland Sail Grand Prix became a slow-motion chess match. Not the racing that fills a...
Ratcliffe isn't backing down – what the latest INEOS vs Athena court filing tells us
In January 2025, barely three months after INEOS Britannia became the first British boat in 60 years to reach the America's Cup Match, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Sir Ben Ainslie parted company. Ainslie's team, Athena Racing, kept the...
Freddie Carr: Oceanpact-Viking holds its nerve to win J/70 World Championship
The J/70 World Championship delivered exactly what you would expect from 100 boats racing off Cascais: brutal competition, big Atlantic conditions and a world title that remained alive until the final race. After five days and...
Martine Grael points to ‘team dynamics’ after Brazil SailGP exit
Martine Grael has broken her silence on her exit from Mubadala Brazil, and one line stands out. SailGP’s first female driver says she is 'disappointed with how things have unfolded with team dynamics over the past year'. “As is...
Two drivers down: Who steers the US at Geneva SailGP?
Sport can turn quickly, and cruelly. Little more than a week ago, the US SailGP Team was celebrating victory in Valencia, their second win of the season after Sydney and enough to put them in third overall. Now they head to...
Freddie Carr: Leopard 3 and North Star III crown a Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup for the ages
The 2026 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup was one for the ages. After several editions disrupted by the Mistral – with lost race days and fleets sometimes unable to leave the dock – Porto Cervo finally delivered a complete examination of...
The week in racing - 14 Sep ‘26
It's been one of those weeks where you don't know where to look – an Atlantic crossing decided by minutes in Lorient, several maxi world titles handed out in Porto Cervo, and new world champions in the ILCA 6, iQFOiL and J/70.
Gradoni and Giubilei promoted as Luna Rossa reveal Naples squad
Luna Rossa have named their sailing squad for the Naples Preliminary Regatta, with youth and women's talents Marco Gradoni and Maria Giubilei both promoted into the senior ranks ten days out from racing. The Italian challenger...
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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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