America's Cup News
Podcast Ep. 12 - The Battle for Britannia
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms The Foil team discuss the big America’s Cup story of the moment: the battle for the Britannia AC75 following Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s demand for Sir Ben Ainslie to return the boat he...
Ineos vs Athena: What happens when you make Ben Ainslie angry
“They’ve made a big mistake. They’ve made me angry; you don’t want to make me angry.” The words of Ben Ainslie after a controversial race 8 of the Olympic Regatta at London 2012. The Danish and Dutch competitors in the Finn...
Freddie Carr: Britain's greatest sailing team, and why it fell apart
October 12 2024 stands as one of the proudest days of my life. Walking down the dock with my team-mates to start the America’s Cup match against Emirates Team New Zealand was the culmination of 12 years of hard work across three...
The Foil Weekly Wrap - 23 March '26
This week in the sailing world we saw another America's Cup challenger on the water, The Ocean Race reveal a new transatlantic route, a legal spat threatens to derail GB1. Meanwhile, the Olympic fleets head to Palma and the...
Ratcliffe vs Ainslie row reignites to undermine GB1 project
Just this week we were reporting on the air of optimism and fresh energy surrounding the America’s Cup British Challenger of Record, as the newly-named GB1 crew hit the water for the first time in their AC40 in Cagliari. Now this...
Podcast Ep. 11 - The AC38 arms race has officially begun
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms Almost 17 months since an AC75 last sailed, Emirates Team New Zealand have fired the first shot in the AC38 arms race. But how far ahead are the Defenders really? And what do...
Recon from the Hauraki Gulf: Unpacking ETNZ's first week back with Taihoro
Emirates Team New Zealand have now logged three of their 45 permitted AC75 sailing days in the January 2026–January 2027 window. Taihoro, the AC75 that won the 37th America's Cup in Barcelona, is back on the Hauraki Gulf –...
GB1 back on the water and wasting no time in Cagliari
GB1, the rebranded British Challenger of Record, hit the water for the first time since AC37 last week – and there was nothing tentative about the return. The team took their AC40 out in Cagliari in conditions that would test any...
France reveals stacked AC38 crew as K-Challenge becomes La Roche-Posay Racing Team
The French challenger for the 38th America's Cup has a new name, a new title sponsor and a crew that reads like a greatest-hits compilation of Olympic and professional sailing. K-Challenge will compete in Naples as La Roche-Posay...
