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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.
Thomas Coville's Sodebo Ultim trimaran crew have been setting a record pace on their latest Jules Verne Trophy attempt. However, 16 days into their high-speed circumnavigation the French team holds a tenuous 220-nautical mile lead over the current record holders from 2017.
It’s the news sailing fans have been waiting for – confirmation of the competing teams for the 38th America’s Cup, scheduled to take place in Naples in 2027 with up to three preliminary events in 2026.
Our weekly curated digest of the latest news and stories from across the yacht racing world.
Life aboard Thomas Coville’s Ultim maxi trimaran Sodebo is steadily improving for the seven-strong crew as the French foiling multihull powers its way south at record pace on the team’s latest tilt at the Jules Verne Trophy for the fastest nonstop lap of the planet by sea.
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.
