Other Sailing News
The week in racing - 3 August ‘26
From a German festival packed with nearly a thousand dinghy sailors, to the LA 2028 Olympic waters, to a certain Challenger of Record with plenty of catching up to do on its half-finished AC75 – there's been no shortage going on...
Ainslie gets back on the water for Cowes Week
When I interviewed Ben Ainslie recently for The Foil, he told me he rarely gets a chance to jump in a sailing boat these days. In fact, he couldn’t recall a time that he’s been sailing since the last race of the America’s Cup...
Freddie Carr: Cowes Week turns 200 – why Britain's greatest regatta still means everything
Cowes Week is Britain’s regatta. If you’re a British yacht sailor, it’s the event you have to do at least once. It’s our equivalent of Wimbledon or the Grand National. There are bigger regattas and there are faster boats, but...
The week in racing - 27 July ‘26
Olympic hopefuls sizing up the LA 2028 racecourse in California, a long-awaited first 52 Super Series win for a French crew, the most wide-open SailGP weekend of the season in Portsmouth, and the Clipper fleet home after the best...
The week in racing - 20 July ‘26
Olympic hopefuls chasing points on the future LA28 waters at Long Beach, the SSL Gold Cup dishing out its final European tickets to Rio in Switzerland, and fresh European champions crowned in the WASZP and ILCA fleets. And to top...
Freddie Carr: This was a Round the Island classic
Well, that was an absolute belter of a Round the Island Race. As the long-range forecast suggested, a steady north-westerly gradient breeze gradually clocked to the right throughout the day, allowing the fleet to complete the...
The week in racing - 13 July '26
Plenty going on across the fleets this week. A sun-soaked Round the Island, three European titles decided ashore, four fresh faces crowned at the iQFOiL Youth Worlds, and a record-breaking offshore epic in Greek waters. Let’s get...
Expert guide to the Round the Island Race, with Graham Sunderland
Freddie Carr talks to his old friend Graham Sunderland, author of Winning Tides, about what it takes to navigate the Solent and a lap of the isle of Wight ahead of the 2026 Round the Island Race. Graham talks Freddie around the...
Freddie Carr: My enduring love for the Round The Island Race
The Round the Island Race really is the race for everybody. Whether you're a seasoned professional or it’s the first time you’ve stepped on board a sailing boat, close to 800 boats and more than 10,000 competitors will set off at...
