SailGP News

The week in racing - 12 Jan '26

The new year kicks off with the America's Cup world in flux, SailGP heading Down Under for its most competitive season yet, and the offshore racing calendar firing up with a transatlantic dash. From match racing's most decorated...

Why our sport can't get enough of SailGP

If there’s one thing that’s always been missing from sailing, it’s continuity. The Olympics, the Vendée Globe, The Ocean Race, all run to a four-year cycle. The America’s Cup? Well, who knows? It runs to its own clock. SailGP is...

Podcast Ep. 1 - What happened in SailGP Season 5?

Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms Eight different event winners. Twelve teams separated by margins that would have been unthinkable two seasons ago. The SailGP fleet is levelling up, and the stats are there to...

Did SailGP dodge a bullet in Abu Dhabi?

The Yas Marina Circuit is considered to be one of the most boring on the Formula One calendar. Yet Abu Dhabi’s race track played host to one of the most interesting conclusions of an F1 Championship in recent years. The tactical...

The week in racing - 15 Dec '25

While the SailGP circus takes its winter break and the America's Cup teams hunker down in design offices, the racing never really stops. It just moves to different waters, different boats, and sometimes a different era entirely…...

7 things we learned in the SailGP Abu Dhabi Grand Final

Great Britain arrived in Abu Dhabi as favourites on paper, tripped over their own shoelaces on Saturday, then came from the back of the three-boat Grand Final to win the race that mattered and collect their first ever SailGP...

Sir Ben Ainslie on winning SailGP

Sir Ben Ainslie tells The Foil about how much it means for his Emirates GBR team to win the 2025 ‪SailGP‬ championship – and describes “the killer move” JK tack that made the difference in the Grand Final. Freddie Carr, who...

Emirates GBR: the winning interview

The season 5 SailGP championship triumph came down to a three-boat final that Freddie Carr describes as 'one of the best sailing races I've seen in a very, very long time.' And given Freddie's America's Cup pedigree, that's not a...

Abu Dhabi Grand Final: How Emirates GBR won the SailGP crown

Emirates GBR came back from a slow start in a thrilling three-way Grand Final in Abu Dhabi to defeat New Zealand and Australia and claim the cherished crown of 2025 SailGP champions. After a frustrating opening day where light...