America's Cup News
ETNZ AC75 returns home as Auckland becomes the centre of the sailing world
It's all happening in New Zealand right now. As SailGP descends on Auckland for round two of the 2026 Season, Emirates Team New Zealand has been quietly transporting its upgraded AC75 under cover of darkness. Taihoro made a...
Where's sailing's talent ladder?
“This is the Formula One of sailing.” I’ve lost count of how many times that line has been wheeled out while walking guests through an America’s Cup base or hosting at a SailGP event. It’s a bit cheesy, sure – but at the very top...
The Foil Weekly Wrap - 9 Feb '26
Sixteen-year-olds stealing the show in Hong Kong, Peninsula Racing ending a near-decade of frustration, and a legal challenge asking whether the America's Cup has strayed too far from its roots. Plus: Auckland prepares for 30,000...
The results are in! What's missing in sailing media?
A week ago we asked a simple question: what stops you following more of the sport, and what would make it easier? The answers came back loud, specific, and slightly exasperated. The survey is still open if you want to have your...
From coach boat to control room: How data and AI are redefining coaching
For decades, elite sailing coaches were defined by their presence on the water. Chasing fleets in RIBs, shouting instructions between manoeuvres and relying on instinct honed over years of racing was the norm. Today, that image...
The Foil Weekly Wrap - 2 Feb '26
Ernesto Bertarelli wants Luna Rossa to win the America's Cup. Yes, really. That's just one of the eyebrow-raisers from a week that also brought a heroic F50 repair job, Riptide being tossed a potential lifeline, and Harry Melges...
Iain ‘Goobs’ Jensen joins ETNZ
Some deals in sport just make sense. Iain Jensen signing for Emirates Team New Zealand is absolutely one of them. When Pete Burling and Josh Junior packed their bags for Luna Rossa last year, they left a gaping hole in New...
How SailGP decides who's right at 50 knots
Sometimes Craig Mitchell and his team of SailGP umpires feel the benefit of operating remotely from a windowless studio in London. The chief umpire of SailGP since it began six years ago, Mitchell thinks back to one particularly...
Where America’s Cup careers will be made
The grand reveal of the America’s Cup at the media presentation in Naples last week delivered one striking image above all else: all five founding partners of the new America’s Cup partnership standing on stage together.
