Team Australia 38th America’s Cup challenge confirmed
It’s been sailing’s worst kept secret for the past several months, but it has now been formally confirmed that Australia is returning to the America’s Cup for the first time in 26 years.
It’s been sailing’s worst kept secret for the past several months, but it has now been formally confirmed that Australia is returning to the America’s Cup for the first time in 26 years.
Magnus Wheatley and I review SailGP's Bermuda event, widely considered a much-needed reset for the series. With flat water, consistent breeze, and a larger racecourse, Bermuda delivered exciting racing — and produced a dominant performance from the Australian team.
The fifth event of SailGP Season 6 in Bermuda last weekend provided the conditions SailGP needed to restore order after a chaotic start to the year.
He grew up in landlocked Switzerland, lived in a campervan in a car park to break into professional sailing, and in 2025 became the first Swiss-German to complete the Vendée Globe. Now Oliver Heer is back — with a foiling IMOCA, a 14-strong team, and the commercial instincts of a startup founder.
Inside the MACIF skipper's punchy start to the 2026 season.
Tom Slingsby's Bonds Flying Roos are in danger of running away with the 2026 Rolex SailGP Championship — but chasing them down is a Spanish team good enough to catch anyone. The remainder of the 2026 season just got very interesting.
Tom Slingsby's Bonds Flying Roos and Diego Botín's Los Gallos head into the final day of the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix locked together at the top of the leaderboard on 32 points apiece, after an excellent day of racing on the Great Sound.
A third and a second in two difficult offshore-breeze races extended the American entry's advantage to nine points at the midpoint of a record-sized Puerto Portals regatta.
With four races sailed and no score outside the top five, Ergin Imre's Turkish-flagged Provezza leads Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week with a 14-point aggregate.
After a 14-year absence, one of offshore racing's most storied team regattas returns to Porto Cervo this summer as the Range Rover Sardinia Cup runs from May 31 – June 6 at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda.
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