This weekend’s SailGP event in Auckland, New Zealand looks set to be an all-action affair with strong south-westerly winds predicted for both days. That’s great news for the fans watching onsite and around the world online – but which teams might the fresh-to-frightening forecast suit best?
Although it’s often Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton’s shoot-from-the-lip soundbites making the headlines, chief operating officer Kevin Shoebridge has also been key to the team's many America’s Cup successes. I caught up with him in Naples to get his take on the latest Kiwi campaign.
The Reuters news agency has reported that the 38th America’s Cup deadline for late entries has been extended beyond January 31 for two further months.
From SailGP’s globe-trotting Season 6 to the return of the America’s Cup, new ocean-going foilers, classic offshore races and packed dinghy championships, and much more besides – 2026 is shaping up to be a blockbuster year for yacht racing fans. Here’s a guide for what to look forward to...
Emirates Team New Zealand have beefed up their sailing team line-up with the addition of Australian double Olympic medallist Iain Jensen – previously a long-term member of the British GB1 syndicate.
I caught up with the key protagonists of the newly rebranded GB1 campaign in Naples this week for a deep dive into the team's new-look challenge for the 38th America's Cup.
We catch up with Giles Scott, skipper of the Canadian NorthStar SailGP team, as the British double Olympic gold medallist reflects on his up and down first year in charge and shares some of the team's plans for Season 6.
Happy New Year everyone! 2026 is here and the first event of SailGP Season 6 in Perth, Australia is under a fortnight away. There will be 13 F50s on the start line for the first time ever and each and every team will aiming to make a strong start to the year.
Three of SailGP’s premier wing trimmers – Iain Jensen, Chris Draper, and Stuart Bithell – have sparked a dramatic pre-season shake-up, switching teams in a high-stakes game of musical chairs that reunites old partnerships, strengthens rival crews, and hints at more blockbuster moves to come.
The SailGP fleet racing in Abu Dhabi might have been largely uninspiring but at least the three-boat, winner-takes-all, two-million-Dollar Grand Final shootout proved to be a cracker. The winning Emirates GBR skipper Dylan Fletcher gave us his exclusive perspective on how it played out.
