SailGP News

A full Friday of practice in Halifax

Training is a bit of a rarity in SailGP, so it was particularly nice to watch a full fleet take to the waters of Halifax Harbour prior to the weekend’s racing. Crucially, that included Italy, USA and Brazil who were involved in...

Black Foils acquired in landmark deal as SailGP league enters full private ownership

The Black Foils have been sold. MSP Sports Capital, the private-equity firm run by veteran sports operators Jahm Najafi and Jeff Moorad, has bought a majority stake in SailGP's New Zealand team – and with that, every one of the...

The key talking points ahead of Halifax SailGP

SailGP rolls into Halifax Harbour this weekend, marking the halfway stage of the 2026 season – that is, assuming the final two stages in the Middle East go ahead as planned, which is far from certain. Either way, there's plenty...

SailGP's first female driver replaced for Halifax

For the first time since she joined the league, Martine Grael will not be driving for Mubadala Brazil. The crew lists published on SailGP's website today ahead of this weekend's Canada Sail Grand Prix in Halifax confirm it. In...

Angry Coutts bites back at SailGP critics

Sir Russell Coutts has launched an extraordinary attack on unnamed journalists who he claims are trying to “bring down” SailGP in favour of the America’s Cup, in an impassioned defence of the series he co-founded following the...

Bottoms up! SailGP add three drinks brands to sponsor portfolio

SailGP fans in Halifax will be able to get their hands on a special memento this weekend thanks to a link up with the Propeller Brewing Company. As the Official Craft Brewing Partner, Propeller have created a bespoke can design...

Canada's SailGP stars are squeezing into Optimists before Halifax

Three days before SailGP’s F50s tear up Halifax Harbour at close to 50 knots, the NorthStar Canada crew will climb into Optimists – the bathtub-shaped dinghies every sailor learns the ropes in – for a race billed as ‘the fastest...

Podcast: Escalation in sailing's most explosive feud, SailGP repairs and the race to Halifax

Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms The legal battle between Sir Ben Ainslie and Sir Jim Ratcliffe has taken another dramatic turn. In this week's episode of The Foil Podcast, Andy Rice, Freddie Carr and Neil Cole...

After the New York crash, what should SailGP actually do? The Foil community weighs in

Nothing gets people talking quite like a crash. The pile-up at the New York SailGP has set off the loudest debate we’ve seen in The Foil community since, well, the last major collision in Auckland, just four events prior. With...