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An outsider’s perspective: What sailing looks like when you don’t know it
A little over six months since launch, The Foil is just starting to pick up at a rate of knots. We’re encouraged by how the world of professional sailing is responding to our carefully curated written articles and video output,...
Quentin Delapierre: Playing the long game
Almost every move Quentin Delapierre has made has been the right one. He has chosen his disciplines well, picked the correct boats at the correct moments, turned down the wrong opportunities and said yes to the ones that...
Lemaitre joins La Roche-Posay Racing crew
Five-time women's match racing world champion Maelenn Lemaitre has officially joined La Roche-Posay Racing, the team has confirmed. She becomes the ninth sailor in the squad, joining drivers Quentin Delapierre and Diego Botín,...
Diego Botín: The Spaniard chasing sailing's triple crown
Born on Christmas Day 1993 in the sailing city of Santander, Diego Botín seems to have been destined for the water from the very start. The Spaniard has gone on to enjoy a career that few in the sport can match, achieving Olympic...
Podcast: SailGP vs America's Cup: Can they coexist?
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms Sailing has never been healthier – and on this week's pod, that's exactly the problem. Episode 26 sees Neil Cole, Andy Rice, Lewis Smith and Freddie Carr wrestle with a question...
Recon: Subdued first sail for La Roche-Posay Racing Team
There are few clearer signs that an America’s Cup campaign has got serious than the moment the new boat finally gets flying under its own steam. For La Roche-Posay Racing Team, that moment came on Tuesday, when the French...
Freddie Carr: winging it at half-time in SailGP
As we reach the halfway point of SailGP season six, I thought it was the right time to dive into the form guide and put some facts behind people’s opinions on who’s good, who’s struggling, and which teams excel in different...
France splashes its next-gen AC75 in Lorient
France knows the AC75 well enough by now, but it had never seen one on home water. That changed in Lorient yesterday, where the team now racing as La Roche-Posay – reborn from the Orient Express outfit that carried French hopes...
The week in racing - 29 June ‘26
Light air was the great leveller this week, rewarding the patient and the tactically sharp over anyone hoping to just blast their way to the front. As always, there’s plenty to get stuck into… The next wave of sailing talent put...
‘Full steam ahead and scrambling to keep our heads above water’: Grant Simmer on Australia's Cup comeback
Few people are more bound up in Australia's America's Cup story than Grant Simmer. He was the young navigator aboard Australia II in 1983 – the boat with the wing keel that ended the New York Yacht Club's stranglehold and lodged...
Taylor Canfield: From sailing’s boxing ring to SailGP starting king
What does it take to drag a SailGP team off the bottom of the standings and into genuine contention? Taylor Canfield. Canfield has worn a lot of hats during his time on the water, but his path into the driving seat of sailing’s...
Soft breeze, hard format equals tough Kiel Week
While Kieler Woche, aka Kiel Week, is still going until the weekend with the participation of the Corinthian classes, the Olympic half of this massive regatta in north Germany is done. In its 140 year history, the 2026 edition...
Andy Rice rates the fleet after Canada SailGP
Finished: 1st It might have been a very different position in the rankings for Spain if Diego Botín had failed to thread the needle. Los Gallos’ move at the start of Race 3 in Group A was the ‘move of the season’. With six events...
Freddie Carr: My unpopular opinion on Halifax and SailGP 2026
Here's my unpopular opinion after Halifax, and it goes against the 75% of The Foil followers who voted in our poll. If split fleets and four-boat finals are the future of SailGP, then I'm completely on board. In fact, I think...
All change in Halifax: the new rules that reframed the Canadian SailGP
Los Gallos finally got their hands on silverware in Halifax after a terrible run of luck. In SailGP’s first-ever four-boat final, the Spanish denied Artemis and put a stop to Australia's clean sweep of the Americas. But for all...
Knowledgebase
Knowledgebase Articles
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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