America's Cup News
Freddie Carr: Why the AC38 Prelim Regatta in Cagliari matters
There may never have been an America’s Cup warm-up regatta with greater significance for the sailors than the one we are about to see in Cagliari this weekend. The reason is simple. Few events in modern Cup history have provided...
Sky to broadcast 38th America’s Cup – starting this weekend
Sky will broadcast the 38th America’s Cup, beginning with the first preliminary regatta taking place this weekend in Sardinia. The all-in deal includes any other future prelim regattas, the Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger Series and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Podcast: Inside Bermuda SailGP, Gitana 18 & Olympic choices
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms SailGP returns to Bermuda's Great Sound this weekend for the fifth event of season 6. For episode 18 of The Foil Podcast, Neil Cole, Andy Rice and Freddie Carr serve up...
Ineos vs Athena: What we’ve learnt so far
It’s all too real, and it’s a dispute that won’t be drifting away quietly on the wind. That much is evident after viewing court papers filed in April by Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos group against Sir Ben Ainslie’s Athena Racing...
