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Podcast: The six American sailors chosen to take back the Cup
The America's Cup teams are taking shape, and this week there are some fascinating new names entering the picture. Lewis Smith, Andy Rice and Neil Cole look at the newly announced United States America's Cup crew, the strong...
The week in racing - 10 August ‘26
This week saw the Olympic fleets sign off a globe-trotting season on LA's 2028 waters, both New Zealand and France back in their AC75s, plus the start of a 1,805-mile epic around Britain and Ireland. Let’s get into it! The San...
ARC Team USA reveals its founding crew – here's who made the cut
After months of speculation, we finally know who will be doing the sailing for American Racing Challenger Team USA. On Monday afternoon, the American challenger for the 38th America's Cup announced its founding squad, naming the...
Cowes Week at 200: Still one of the best weeks in sailing
Sitting on the ferry home from the bicentenary Cowes Week, I can honestly say it was one of the most enjoyable weeks of sailing I’ve had in a very long time. The regatta was a genuine celebration of our sport in all its forms –...
Andy Rice: Slowly does it on the Solent obstacle course
Could there be anything better than racing at the 200th edition of Cowes Week? Especially with the drought-inducing weather that the UK has been basking under lately. For years I’ve been resisting the invite of my old friend,...
The tactician's role: Elliot Hanson on his career change of tack
Elliot Hanson represented Great Britain in the Laser at Tokyo 2020. Since then, he's moved into keel boat sailing – not just as a crew member, but as a tactician building and running a team in the Cape 31 class. In this...
Five into one: Decoding GB1's female America's Cup crew roster
GB1 have confirmed Jemima Lines as the newest addition to Britain's America's Cup squad. With five women now contracted, the pieces are falling into place, but who goes where? It was always going to happen like this. Back on 26...
Farewell to Carlo Borlenghi, sailing’s defining eye
Legendary marine photographer Carlo Borlenghi has died at the age of 70. Carlo picked up a camera as a teenager on the shores of Lake Como and never really put it down again. From those early days shooting local regattas, his...
The week in racing - 3 August ‘26
From a German festival packed with nearly a thousand dinghy sailors, to the LA 2028 Olympic waters, to a certain Challenger of Record with plenty of catching up to do on its half-finished AC75 – there's been no shortage going on...
Ainslie gets back on the water for Cowes Week
When I interviewed Ben Ainslie recently for The Foil, he told me he rarely gets a chance to jump in a sailing boat these days. In fact, he couldn’t recall a time that he’s been sailing since the last race of the America’s Cup...
Olympics vs SailGP: Decision time for Maud Jayet
SailGP strategist and Paris 2024 fourth-place finisher Maud Jayet has a tough decision to make - and it’s got nothing to do with the Swiss SailGP team’s next shift. The LA 2028 Olympic Games are on the horizon, but before that,...
Rate the fleet: Andy Rice on Portsmouth SailGP
Portsmouth is the first time we’ve seen all 13 teams complete a SailGP weekend – whilst avoiding any serious injuries to the sailors or breakage to the F50s. A really solid weekend for the league; actually more than that,...
Freddie Carr: Cowes Week turns 200 – why Britain's greatest regatta still means everything
Cowes Week is Britain’s regatta. If you’re a British yacht sailor, it’s the event you have to do at least once. It’s our equivalent of Wimbledon or the Grand National. There are bigger regattas and there are faster boats, but...
The week in racing - 27 July ‘26
Olympic hopefuls sizing up the LA 2028 racecourse in California, a long-awaited first 52 Super Series win for a French crew, the most wide-open SailGP weekend of the season in Portsmouth, and the Clipper fleet home after the best...
Los Gallos defeat Artemis for victory in Portsmouth
Super Sunday on the Solent, and with 18-metre wings on and speeds well over 90km/h, the stage was set for a frantic finish to the Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix. Two more fleet races per group to decide the final four,...
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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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