One-on-one discussions with the top names in the sail racing world.
28-year-old Tom Laperche has made a huge impression on the sailing world. After winning the 2022 Solitaire du Figaro the young Frenchman joined Francois Gabart's SVR-Lazartigue Ultim programme – first as co-skipper and then in sole charge. Alexander Champy-McLean sat down with him to find out more.
The French offshore legend is prepping for The Ocean Race Europe with Swiss team Holcim–PRB, while eying a return to The Ocean Race in 2027 and the 2028 Vendée Globe – with a typically bold IMOCA project of his own.
Andy Beadsworth, Simon Fry, and Enes Caylak recently laid waste to a 50-boat fleet at the International Dragon World Championship in Vilamoura, Portugal. Justin Chisholm caught up with Beadsworth for an exclusive chat about his time in the class and winning his third Dragon world title.
The Switzerland SailGP Team may be new to SailGP this season but the Swiss syndicate led by 23-year-old Sebastien Scheitner in fact originates from the young skipper’s Team Tilt – a well established top performing squad on the European GC32 Racing Tour for the last several years.
Ever wondered who is responsible for the superb action images we enjoy from every SailGP event around the world?
American Olympic campaigner Hans Henken was at a 49er regatta on the Spanish Mediterranean island of Mallorca earlier this year when he got a phone call from United States SailGP wing trimmer Paul Campbell-James.
She is the most successful female Olympic sailor ever, but after retiring from Olympic campaigning in a blaze of glory at Tokyo 2020 Hannah Mills still had to apply to join the Great Britain SailGP Team.
For American kitesurfing phenomenon Daniela Moroz – a member of the United States SailGP Team – dealing with the speed and intensity of the action on the US boat was less of a problem than for most rookie F50 sailors.
Growing up in Hawaii you might expect that CJ Perez to have been involved in some way or other with boats and sailing since she was a toddler. But in fact the 2021 WASZP US national champion was the grand old age of 13 before she properly got bitten by the sailing bug.
