America's Cup News
America's Cup Partnership names its CEO
The America's Cup Partnership has confirmed what we suspected back in February: Marzio Perrelli is the new CEO. The 57-year-old Roman spent over two decades in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and HSBC before pivoting to...
The Foil Weekly Wrap - 6 April '26
Olympic classes testing a brand new medal format in Palma, a major leadership change at Ferrari's moonshot sailing project, and Team New Zealand wrapping up their first AC75 training block of the year. Plus, Easter brought plenty...
Podcast Ep. 13 - Olympic dreams, TP52 action and America's Cup secrets
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms This week, Andy Rice and Freddie Carr report from opposite ends of the Bay of Palma – Andy cycling 10 kilometres along the coast to chase down Olympic stars, Freddie shivering...
Riptide Racing bows out of AC38 with eyes on the next cycle
The same day the America's Cup Partnership confirmed that additional late entries had been received ahead of the 31 March deadline, one American hopeful has announced it won't be among them. Riptide Racing, the syndicate led by...
New challengers confirmed for AC38 – here's who might be in
The America's Cup Partnership has confirmed that new entries have been lodged for the 38th America's Cup in Naples – though it's keeping the details under wraps for now. Today marks the late entry deadline of 31 March (extended...
The Foil Weekly Wrap - 30 March '26
A new round-the-world record that's been standing for over two decades has finally fallen, GB1 steps up their two-boat training with a new face from Luna Rossa, and the final showdown of the Globe40 gets underway from Brazil.
Four new names for the America's Cup Hall of Fame
The America's Cup Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2026, with three-time Cup winner Glenn Ashby, the Beken family of photographers, navigator Peter Isler and sailmaking pioneer Lowell North set to be inducted at a gala in...
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...
