Other Sailing News
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 week in racing - 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 week in racing - 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,...
Freddie Carr: A week that changed the sport
How did we get to a point where nearly 20,000 paying fans turned up to watch sailing in Auckland over a single weekend? That doesn’t happen by accident. For SailGP it felt like a line in the sand – and, more broadly, a marker for...
The week in racing - 23 Feb '26
From maxi yacht faceoffs in Antigua to frozen lakes in Sweden, the sailing world has seen a week of extremes. Cape Horn looms for the Globe40 fleet, the America's Cup appoints a new CEO, and SailGP heads to Sydney two boats...
The tortoise beats the hare: Marega claims 70th Finn Gold Cup
Alessandro Marega is the 2026 Finn Gold Cup champion. The Italian sailor arrived at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron this morning trailing Anders Pedersen by a single point heading into Thursday's final races. He left seven...
The week in racing - 16 Feb '26
SailGP dominated the news this week – and not always for the right reasons. Plus a few other things are happening in the sailing world too… Australia land another Auckland victory – Tom Slingsby's Flying Roos claimed their second...
Podcast Ep. 6 - ‘Hot laps’ in Auckland: Get set for SailGP in New Zealand
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms “These will be ‘hot laps’ with 12 other world-class teams,” says Freddie Carr as The Foil sets the scene for round two of the 2026 SailGP championship in Auckland, New Zealand...
