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?
The Germany SailGP Team presented by Deutsche Bank has closed out its latest funding round, welcoming a consortium of new shareholders, including some of the leading names in global sports investment.
The ‘Road to Naples 2027’ begins in Cagliari in 2026 from May 21-24 with the opening Preliminary Regatta of the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup.
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.
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.
The first official gathering of the 38th America's Cup was a glitzy affair as five teams and the America's Cup entourage rolled into Naples.
Britain’s America’s Cup Team, representing the Challenger of Record, Royal Yacht Squadron Racing Ltd, has unveiled GB1 – the bold new team name and identity that signals a new era of British racing on the world’s most demanding sailing stage.
Emirates has renewed its more than twenty year naming sponsorship of the Defender of the America’s Cup, Emirates Team New Zealand – extending one of the longest-standing and most iconic sponsorships in international sailing through the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup and Preliminary Regattas.