Other Sailing News
WASZP Games: How a boat designed to stop young sailors quitting became an elite feeder class
72 boats from 12 nations are foiling on Pensacola Bay this week for the 2026 WASZP Games, and while that number is a fraction of the record 247 who showed up to last year's championship in Weymouth, the drop owes more to...
The Foil Weekly Wrap - 23 March '26
This week in the sailing world we saw another America's Cup challenger on the water, The Ocean Race reveal a new transatlantic route, a legal spat threatens to derail GB1. Meanwhile, the Olympic fleets head to Palma and the...
Luca Rizzotti bought a Moth in 2007 and accidentally started a movement
When we launched The Foil at the start of this year, it was understandable that quite a few people incorrectly jumped to the conclusion that it must be a Luca Rizzotti project. After all, this passionate Italian has become...
The Foil Weekly Wrap - 16 March ’26
From Sydney Harbour skiff chaos to Cape Horn crossings, Kiwi AC75 recon to a new 470 title in Vilamoura, it's been another stacked week across the sailing world. Here's everything you need to know… Britain’s Martin Wrigley and...
Trouble in the Strait of Hormuz points to sailing's future
A fortnight ago, had you even heard of the Strait of Hormuz? Until the Middle East blew up, this narrow stretch of water that connects the Arabian Gulf with the Indian Ocean was barely known to most of us. Now it seems like the...
Podcast Ep. 10 - Batteries replace humans: is this still the America's Cup?
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms The America's Cup sprint is officially on. Team New Zealand have rolled their AC75 out of the shed in Auckland, and for the first time in the Cup's 175-year history, there won't...
The one that got away: How Paul Cayard won the 99th Bacardi Cup
Paul Cayard started sailing at eight years old in a tiny El Toro dinghy on San Francisco Bay. Nearly six decades later, he's still at it – and still winning. His career spans every corner of the sport: seven America's Cups, two...
The Foil Weekly Wrap - 9 March '26
Legends, records, and wild weather dominated the sailing world this week, with Paul Cayard finally claiming his white whale, Hetairos tearing up the record books in Antigua, and the first AC75 of this Cup cycle to hit the water...
The Foil Weekly Wrap - 2 March '26
This week Caribbean racing delivered maxi drama, offshore heroics, and a scow that's putting IRC orthodoxy into question. Elsewhere, Finn history was made in Brisbane, a record fleet turned out in Vilamoura on the path to LA2028,...
