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The Foil Weekly Wrap - 1 June ‘26
It's been a week of firsts, finales and a fair bit of frustration – Gitana 18 finally airborne, fresh champions crowned off Sorrento and Marseille, and SailGP staring down a logistical mess on both sides of the Atlantic. Let's...
The Sardinia Cup: The Mediterranean’s great team racing revival
There are certain regattas in sailing that carry weight far beyond the silverware. The America’s Cup sits in its own universe. The Admiral’s Cup built its reputation as offshore yacht racing’s unofficial world championship. And...
Flying Roos pip Great Britain for victory in the Big Apple
Australia’s Bonds Flying Roos came back from a damaging collision with debris in the pre-race warm-up to fight off Emirates Great Britain in a thrilling flying finish at the New York SailGP. The result marks a third consecutive...
Chaos reigns on opening day of SailGP New York
New York was supposed to be the big one, and in a way it was – just not for the reasons anyone wanted. A gusty, blustery Hudson, with a peak of 36 knots clocked, made craning the F50s in and out of the water a genuine hazard, and...
Racing at risk at New York SailGP
The apple is certainly big today, so much so that it has forced a change to Saturday’s New York SailGP plans. Racing has officially moved 30 minutes later in an effort to slot the racing into a more favourable weather window, but...
Reynolds and Jackman take the Flying Roos to Disney+
Sailing has spent years trying to muscle its way into the mainstream, and it just got its biggest boost yet. Disney+ has greenlit a docuseries following the BONDS Flying Roos – the Australian SailGP team co-owned by Hugh Jackman...
Rising Stars: Nathan Berger, the 17-year-old wingfoiler beating his heroes
This is the first in our Rising Stars series, on the young athletes in sailing and foiling who are making the rest of the field sit up and take notice. Last week in Leucate, at the season-opening stop of the GWA Wing Foil World...
Luca Rizzotti bought a Moth in 2007 and accidentally started a movement
When we launched The Foil at the start of this year, it was understandable that quite a few people incorrectly jumped to the conclusion that it must be a Luca Rizzotti project. After all, this passionate Italian has become...
'The safest is when you're pushing hard' - Billy Gooderham explains flight control
Last season, NorthStar SailGP Team’s flight controller Billy Gooderham spent most of his race time focused on a piece of PVC tape on the bow of the F50. “It is now painted on the boat for us with a new paint job this year, so...
Podcast Ep. 8 - Sydney SailGP preview + Quentin Delapierre on safety
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms Sydney SailGP is almost here, but the Auckland collision casts a long shadow. In this week's episode, the team digs into one of the most consequential weekends in SailGP's...
The Olympian windsurfer with a golden future far beyond LA 2028
Having worn the yellow bib going into the winner-takes-all medal race final at Paris 2024, Grae Morris might be forgiven for harbouring a few regrets at missing out on Olympic gold. But the young Australian windsurfer is not...
Podcast Ep. 5 - Dee Caffari: 'The doors have been blown open' for women's offshore sailing
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms Last week, The Famous Project crew made history – and Dee Caffari sees it as just the beginning. Freddie Carr sits down with Dee to unpack how eight women became the first...
Podcast: America's Cup is back! The full Cagliari debrief
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms The America's Cup is finally back, and after eighteen months of SailGP we'd almost forgotten how different it feels. So Neil Cole sits down with Freddie Carr and Lewis Smith –...
'Like watching jet fighters dance on water': How Luna Rossa lit up the AC38 opener
We may just have seen the start of Luna Rossa’s America’s Cup fairytale in Cagliari. The opening regatta of the AC38 cycle was about as good a weekend as the Italian Cup project could have asked for. For starters, Margherita...
Podcast Extra: Mozzy and Freddie preview the AC38 Cagliari prelim
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms Mozzy and Freddie are back with a bonus podcast, previewing the AC38 Cagliari preliminary regatta, the curtain-raiser on the road to Naples. With only 11 of last Cup's AC75...
Podcast: “It starts with a dream”: Glenn Ashby on Australia’s AC38 challenge - The Foil Podcast - Ep 20
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms “The time is now,” decorated sailor Glenn Ashby tells The Foil’s Freddie Carr in an exclusive interview on Team Australia’s newly-minted challenge for the 38th America’s Cup. ...
Podcast: First SailGP, now the America's Cup? The Aussies want it all
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms Australia have now won so many SailGP events that it's starting to look like the anomaly when they don't. Episode 19 of The Foil Podcast digs into a Bermuda Grand Prix that felt...
Podcast Ep. 17 - New signings, last challenger leaked & the design stables reshaping AC38
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms New alliances, new signings, and a secret that slipped out… In episode 17, Andy Rice, Freddie Carr and Neil Cole dig into the detail of how AC38 is playing out. Paul Goodison...
Freddie Carr: Why Paul Cayard is a contender for sailing’s GOAT
Watching Paul Cayard win the 2026 Etchells World Championship alongside team-mates James Mayo and Ben Lamb was one of those genuinely special moments in sailing – the sort that makes even the most hardened observers pause. And...
Freddie Carr: Reliving the greatest America’s Cup race
Having just stepped off an extraordinary three days aboard Rainbow, it felt like being transported back to a different era of the sport – one where sailing was defined by feel, physicality and pure mechanics. The kind of sailing...
Ferrari Hypersail unveiled in Milan (and it’s not red)
Has there been a more ambitious project than Ferrari Hypersail? Quite possibly, because even I wasn’t around long enough ago to witness the launch of those magnificent J-Class yachts of their day. But that was then and this is...
Freddie Carr: What a 90-year-old yacht still has to teach us
I’m packing my bags for a trip I’m genuinely excited about – heading out to train on the J-Class yacht Rainbow. These aren’t just race boats; they’re some of the most demanding machines you’ll ever sail. There’s so much going on...
Ineos vs Athena: What happens when you make Ben Ainslie angry
“They’ve made a big mistake. They’ve made me angry; you don’t want to make me angry.” The words of Ben Ainslie after a controversial race 8 of the Olympic Regatta at London 2012. The Danish and Dutch competitors in the Finn...
Freddie Carr: The spectacle I can’t wait for in AC38
OK, I’m calling it right now. What will be the sickest thing in the next America’s Cup? Seeing the youth and women coming through the AC40s and racing alongside senior team-mates in the preliminary regattas will be brilliant. New...
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