Olympic News
Lanzarote crowns its 2026 champions as Olympic cycle gathers pace
The 2026 Lanzarote International Regatta wrapped up on Thursday with a light-wind finale that demanded every ounce of tactical nous from sailors who'd already been put through the wringer by a week of wildly varied conditions.
Russell Coutts wants Olympic sailing to think bigger
It can seem like Russell Coutts doesn’t talk about much else than SailGP. But that doesn’t mean he’s completely switched off from the rest of the sport. Quite the opposite in fact. The New Zealander doesn’t make much of a...
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...
The week in racing - 26 Jan '26
This week saw Thomas Coville's Sodebo smash the Jules Verne Trophy time while The Famous Project became the first all-female crew to sail nonstop around the world on a multihull. Elsewhere, the America's Cup finally announced...
Freddie Carr: What I can’t wait to see in 2026
Thank goodness for SailGP. In a sporting world that often treats calendars like state secrets, SailGP does something refreshingly simple: it tells the fans what’s coming, and it does so early. Established teams, a format people...
Time to meddle with the medal race format
Good riddance to the Medal Race. It was an awful fudge of a format for deciding Olympic medals. It really didn’t achieve much compared with a standard low-points scoring system that the majority of us recreational sailors use for...
Freddie Carr: Why I love this sport
So, here it is: my first column as a senior contributor and pundit for The Foil. This is the start of something new for me on a personal level, but more importantly for the sport I love. The Foil promises to be a great adventure.
