SailGP News

Podcast Ep. 7 - The fallout for SailGP after disaster in Auckland

Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms Neil Cole is joined by Andy Rice and Freddie Carr, who were both on the spot in Auckland and witnessed the devastating collision between New Zealand’s Black Foils and DS Team...

SailGP's F50 super licence is here – but can the infrastructure keep up?

For the first time in SailGP's seven-year history, there's a formal system to ensure everyone who steps onto an F50 is fully prepared to handle it. The F50 super licence is now mandatory for anyone who wants to train or race on...

The long shadow of Sassnitz – and the split-fleet future

The problems at the SailGP weekend in Auckland date back to the problems at SailGP in Sassnitz last August, in more ways than one. 1. The disintegration of the Brazilian F50 on the practice day in Germany, caused by a rare...

System limit led to Auckland collision, Black Foils reveal

Black Foils co-CEOs Pete Burling and Blair Tuke fronted the media at Viaduct Harbour, Auckland on Thursday morning, delivering their most detailed account yet of the collision that hospitalised grinder Louis Sinclair and Manon...

'We're still Danish': What American Magic takeover means for Rockwool

An organisation built around the oldest trophy in sport is now going all-in on the newest league in elite sailing. As we reported last week, American Magic – the New York Yacht Club's Cup challenger for the past two America’s...

French and Kiwi F50 hulls grafted together as Sydney deadline looms

Less than 72 hours after one of the most dramatic collisions in SailGP history, engineers in Auckland are already piecing together a new boat from the wreckage. At Southern Spars' facility in Avondale, what's being dubbed the...

Freddie Carr: Auckland incident will be another turning point for safety

Seeing a wing lying across a broken catamaran brings back the toughest memories of the 2013 America’s Cup, when the sailing world lost Andrew Simpson in a training accident in San Francisco. Watching the Black Foils in Auckland...

The Foil Weekly Wrap - 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...

How SailGP’s Auckland weekend took a dark turn

It was a shocking change of momentum to witness the Black Foils’ fall from grace on home waters. After the battle to put the broken F50 back together after that collision with Switzerland in Perth, Pete Burling and his crew came...