On the latest episode of the Yacht Racing Life Podcast, I am joined once again by fellow British sailing journalist Magnus Wheatley, as we take a deep dive into the thrilling action at this past weekend's SailGP event in Portsmouth in the UK.
Great breeze, big crowds, split fleets – this weekend's SailGP Portsmouth event was a stunner.
SailGP's 13 teams will race in split fleets at this weekend's event in the UK – and for the rest of the 2026 season.
SailGP has announced a five-year plan which it says will transform the global high-performance sailing circuit with more teams, more events, and a bigger global audience.
Justin Chisholm and Magnus Wheatley talk through the action from the two-day Canadian SailGP Grand Prix in Halifax, Nova Scotia – which saw the league’s full thirteen-boat contingent race in split fleets for the first time in a full regatta.
Chilly temperatures, 13 boats competing, a rule change to mandate crews keep a better lookout while racing, the return of the Black Foils under new ownership – it’s all happening this weekend at the Halifax SailGP.
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Magnus Wheatley and I try to make sense of the crazy goings on in New York at the sixth event of SailGP Season 6 in New York City last weekend.
With only four teams able to race and then a match race between two for the opening day in the Big Apple, the New York stage of SailGP opened with chaos and uncertainty for the spectators and teams alike.
No practice day on Friday, three boats racing on Saturday, a three-boat pile-up on Sunday – SailGP’s Big Apple weekend did not go according to plan. Despite all the chaos, season-leaders the Bonds Flying Roos took their third consecutive win after a superb battle with Emirates Team GBR in the final.