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Rate the fleet: Andy Rice on Sassnitz SailGP
Despite the gusty, squally conditions on Saturday, Sassnitz repeated the Portsmouth miracle of 13 boats starting the weekend and all 13 completing the weekend. The split fleet racing between Groups A and B really seems to be...
Luna Rossa test new rudder – and take a knock
After a fortnight off, Luna Rossa were back on the water off Cagliari yesterday with something new to try on the boat. A reworked rudder – extra blade area up top, less down low, built to sharpen the leading edge – had been...
REPLAY: Puerto Calero Lanzarote 52 Super Series Royal Cup
The 52 Super Series heads to Puerto Calero for the Royal Cup, and we're streaming all the racing on The Foil this week. It's the fourth of five regattas this season, and the second back-to-back event in Lanzarote after last...
Freddie Carr: The SailGP teams that must decide to stick or twist
As season six of SailGP moves towards the sharp end, there are clearly teams having seasons they will be proud of. They have improved on where they were 12 months ago, won events, made podiums and put themselves into the fight...
The week in racing - 24 August ‘26
The F50s found a new gear in Sassnitz, America's Cup's lawyers are still busy, and two new junior world champions emerged in Denmark – there's a lot to get through from the last seven days. Here's the rundown, plus what to watch...
Flying Roos hit high five with victory in Sassnitz
Australia’s Bonds Flying Roos comfortably beat NorthStar Canada, Spain’s Los Gallos and New Zealand’s Black Foils to take their fifth win of the SailGP season in the final at Sassnitz and strengthen their position at the top of...
Flying Roos and Black Foils lead the way in Germany
The Bonds Flying Roos and Black Foils lead the way at the end of day one at the Germany Sail Grand Prix, on a bright and breezy day that featured a new record top speed being set for SailGP. In Group B, Australia got off to a...
Black Foils dominate practice day in Sassnitz
The Black Foils from New Zealand set the benchmark on the waters off Sassnitz, after a three-race practice session on Friday afternoon in marginal foiling conditions. Pete Burling’s crew dominated Group A with a 1-1-2 record...
Plans uncovered to reinvent SailGP's race weekend – news even to the sailors
SailGP are seemingly wrestling with their current format – is it the best version of itself it can be? A survey that went out last night reveals some of the concepts the league is weighing up. It was only live for a couple of...
Andy Rice: A good Worlds for GBR, and a good Worlds for the 470 Class
The future of the 470 as an Olympic class is under scrutiny, as it is for the Nacra 17 catamaran and the men’s and women’s kiteboarding classes. All of them have their obvious weaknesses, the 470 being that it is now the oldest...
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...
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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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