The US SailGP Team’s event win last weekend in Sydney was more than just a big result. After a bruising Season 5 and months of criticism, the Americans have started Season 6 looking sharper, calmer, and faster around the racecourse. According to the US skipper, there is plenty more yet to come.
If you were ever wondering who is the happiest person in the Grand Prix sail racing world right now, might I suggest France’s Charles Caudrelier – skipper of the newly launched Gitana 18 Ultim trimaran – as a top contender?
Francesca Clapcich & Will Harris’ second place finish in the 2025 Transat Café L’OR is all the more impressive given that it was Clapcich’s first race in charge of the boat she will use in the 2028 Vendée Globe. We checked in with Harris recently to get his take on how the race played out.
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.
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.
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.
Antonio Spinelli’s revived Argo Challenge is bidding to field international teams of disabled sailors in the Youth and Women’s America’s Cup at AC38, with hopes of racing in the AC40 prelims too. Backed by Lars Grael and Heiko Kroger, the project seeks funding and approval to make history.
As few as four and as many as seven – that’s the range of potential entries that Challenger of Record CEO Ben Ainslie believes is in prospect for the 38th edition of the America’s Cup.
In the final installment of our exclusive three-part feature on Enzo Balanger's victory at the 2025 Moth World Championships at Malcesine on Italy's Lake Garda the French sailor talks about dealing with pressure and explains how two breakdowns meant his win was far from a walk in the park.
I speak to Dutch Olympian Pieter-Jan Postma who dominated the 2025 Finn Masters Worlds in Medemblik, winning six of eight races despite a three-year absence from the class - showcasing sharp strategy, bold risk-taking, and a new mast-sail setup that proved decisive across a 301-boat fleet.
In the second installment of our exclusive three-part feature on Enzo Balanger's spectacular victory at the 2025 Moth World Championship, the French sailor talks about the hardware – the boat and a new steel rudder – that helped him win.
When Paul Flynn decided to return to sailing after a decades-long absence, he didn’t follow the expected route. Instead, he bought Paradox – a 63-foot carbon fibre trimaran with offshore racing pedigree and the sort of speed potential that turns heads on any racecourse.
In the first of three exclusive stories based on my interview with 2025 Moth World Champion – Enzo Balanger – we find out how the French sailor prepared for the event by moving to the championship venue months ahead of the regatta.
Following on from today’s announcement of a new agreed Protocol for the 38th America’s Cup, Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton and Athena Racing CEO Ben Ainslie faced questions from the international media about the new deal. Here are the highlights of what they had to say…
Tom Dolan made history in 2024 as the first non-French winner of the Solitaire du Figaro. In this interview, the Irish solo skipper shares how a mindset shift, better preparation, and focusing on what he could control helped him finally conquer France’s toughest offshore race.
The Admiral’s Cup returns after 22 years, and Adrian Stead is back – this time racing for New Zealand. With a top-tier crew and two proven boats, I quizzed Stead for some insights on the challenge ahead – from inshore finesse to offshore endurance in one of sailing’s toughest tests.
