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The Foil Weekly Wrap - 18 May '26
Plenty to chew over from the past week: four Olympic-class Worlds decided, the Figaro fleet heading offshore, a first glimpse of Ferrari's offshore weapon, and an AC40 start line in Sardinia about to give us our first proper look...
New world champions in the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17
By Sunday evening on Quiberon Bay, the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 fleets had served up a clean sweep of first-time world champions. All three titles were still live going into medal day, and between the fickle French breeze and a...
WATCH LIVE: Medal day at the 49er/FX and Nacra 17 Worlds 2026
We're streaming the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships all weekend on The Foil YouTube channel, with commentary from Andy Rice and Olympic silver medallist Rebecca Netzler. Today's stream starts at 11:15 local / 10:15...
WATCH LIVE: Day 5 of 49er/FX and Nacra 17 Worlds 2026
We're streaming the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships from all weekend on The Foil YouTube channel, with commentary from Andy Rice and Olympic silver medallist Rebecca Netzler. Today's stream starts at 11:00 local /...
WATCH LIVE: Day 4 of 49er/FX and Nacra 17 Worlds 2026
We're streaming the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships from Friday to Sunday on The Foil YouTube channel. Today's stream starts at 10:00 local / 09:00 UK, with the first race five minutes later. What happened yesterday...
Ranking the Fleet: Ricey's verdicts on SailGP Bermuda
Finished: 1st Even if the Bonds Flying Roos couldn’t quite match that perfect Sunday in Rio - their dominant performance throughout the Bermuda weekend was outstanding. When Hollywood star and co-owner of the team Ryan Reynolds...
LIVE this weekend: The Foil streams the 49er/FX & Nacra 17 Worlds
The 49er, 49erFX & Nacra 17 World Championships have been running all week in Quiberon, France and this weekend is when the stakes ratchet up. The Foil has partnered with the event to bring you live coverage across all three...
Podcast: First SailGP, now the America's Cup? The Aussies want it all
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms Australia have now won so many SailGP events that it's starting to look like the anomaly when they don't. Episode 19 of The Foil Podcast digs into a Bermuda Grand Prix that felt...
Waterspeed: using data for more speed, more fun, and more community
In the high-stakes world of grand prix racing, from the 50-knot flying machines of SailGP and the America’s Cup, data has become one of the key drivers of performance. The modern professional operates in an era where there is...
Australia returns to the America's Cup after 26 years led by Tom Slingsby
Australia is back in the America's Cup, and they've assembled a roster that ought to make every other challenger sit up straight. The Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club has had its challenge accepted by the Royal New Zealand Yacht...
Who’s racing for ETNZ in Cagliari – and who’s not
When Emirates Team New Zealand turns up to the preliminary regatta in Cagliari on 21–24 May, they'll be doing so with two AC40s, and if the crew lists announced earlier today are anything to go by, they're treating this as...
Sled survive mainsail drama to claim 52 Super Series glory
Quick thinking and a spot of improvisation to secure the mainsail ensured victory didn’t slip away from Takashi Okura’s Sled team in a dramatic climax to the 52 Super Series 2026 opener in Puerto Portals. The series has built its...
Australians confirm AC38 challenge as GB1 name prelim line-up
The race for the 38th America’s Cup in 2027 is hotting up – if you hadn’t already noticed – as a double-whammy of news broke on Tuesday afternoon. First, the worst-kept AC secret is officially out, as featured on The Foil in the...
Freddie Carr: Why the Aussies rule in SailGP
Let’s talk about the Australia SailGP Team – and just how impressive their form has been in season six of SailGP. But to understand this current run, you have to zoom out. Look at SailGP as a league in its entirety and the...
The Foil Weekly Wrap - 11 May '26
This week we lost one of the most colourful characters yachting has ever produced, watched a British skipper announce himself as a serious Vendée Globe contender, and seen the next generation of foilers set Lake Garda alight,...
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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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