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SailGP 2026

Slingsby makes it two in a row as the Bonds Flying Roos rule Bermuda

Tom Slingsby and the Bonds Flying Roos won the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix on Sunday, backing up their Rio victory wit...
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SailGP 2026

Slingsby and Spain share the spoils as SailGP hits Bermuda’s Great Sound

The Bonds Flying Roos and Los Gallos head into Super Sunday level on points after four fleet races on Bermuda's Great Sound p...
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SailGP 2026

Black Foils to sit out Bermuda and New York, targeting Halifax return in June

New Zealand's Black Foils will sit out both May rounds of the Rolex SailGP Championship, missing Bermuda and New York as the ...
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SailGP 2027

SailGP not going ahead in Auckland next year, as government rejects funding

SailGP will not be going ahead in Auckland next year as the government has rejected funding. Tātaki Auckland Unlimit...
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BONDS Flying Roos SailGP Team driven by Tom Slingsby ahead of Artemis SailGP Team driven by Nathan Outteridge, on Race Day 2 of the ENEL Rio Sail Grand Prix in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sunday 12 April 2026. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 4 2026 Season. // Photo credit: Jason Ludlow for SailGP.
SailGP 2026

The Rio showdown: Slingsby and the BONDS Flying Roos complete a perfect Sunday

The final race of 2026 SailGP Rio: three boats, one race, winner takes all. The Flying Roos, Artemis and Los Gallos lined up ...
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SailGP 2026

Australia wins again, France goes out in flames in the last fleet race in SailGP Rio

The final fleet race of the Rio event had barely started when France's regatta ended. Quentin Delapierre and DS Automobiles F...
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BONDS Flying Roos SailGP Team driven by Tom Slingsby in action by the grand stand and the adrenaline lounge on Race Day 1 of the ENEL Rio Sail Grand Prix in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Saturday 11 April 2026. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 4 2026 Season. // Photo credit: Ricardo Pinto for SailGP.
SailGP 2026

Slingsby and the BONDS Flying Roos make it back to back in SailGP Rio

Tom Slingsby and the BONDS Flying Roos are on fire in the 2026 SailGP Rio event. Tom Slingsby and the Bonds Flying Roos wo...
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Christ the Redeemer and the Rio de Janeiro skyline, on Race Day 2 of the ENEL Rio Sail Grand Prix in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sunday 12 April 2026. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 4 2026 Season. // Photo credit: Gabriel Heusi for SailGP.
SailGP 2026

Emirates GBR are out of the finals in SailGP Rio

Guanabara Bay finally delivered on Sunday. With 25 knot breeze in the bay, Race 5 got away cleanly and the F50s were up on th...
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SailGP Rio Fleet Race 4 // Photo credit: SailGP Media
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After a slow SailGP Rio opener, the Aussie leads while GBR scramble to recover

SailGP finally made it to South America. On Saturday, Guanabara Bay lived up to pre-race expectations and gave the fleet ever...
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SailGP Rio Fleet Race 4 // Photo credit: SailGP Media
SailGP 2026

Germany wins Race 4 in SailGP Rio in a dying breeze

The breeze finally gave up in race four after testing the fleet all day in Guanabara Bay. What little wind remained was patch...
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SailGP Rio Fleet Race 3 // Photo credit: SailGP Media
SailGP 2026

Kiwi Phil Robertson and Red Bull Italy break through in Race 3 of SailGP Rio

Brazil finally makes the start The third fleet race brought 12 boats to the line for the first time in Rio. Mubadala Brazil ...
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SailGP Rio Fleet Race 2 // Photo credit: SailGP Media
SailGP 2026

SailGP Rio Race 2: Los Gallos deliver for new owners

Brazil remained out of contention in this race, while GBR returned to the fleet after retiring from Race 1. Los Gallos strik...
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SailGP Rio Fleet Race 1 // Photo credit: SailGP Media
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SailGP hits South America: Artemis draws first blood in Rio

Finally, Rio Rio de Janeiro was always going to bring drama in some way, and Race One under Sugarloaf Mountain delivered. Li...
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SailGP 2026

American Magic wins court battle with US SailGP team ahead of Rio

A legal dispute between two SailGP teams went before a Delaware judge last week and was done by April 8, three days before bo...
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SailGP 2026

Quantum Pacific backs champtions as Los Gallos enter new era

The team that brought Spain its first SailGP championship has new owners, and the money behind them comes with genuine mariti...
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SailGP 2026

Black Foils absent in Rio, but return is coming

New Zealand's SailGP team won't be on the start line at this weekend's Enel Rio Sail Grand Prix — but they're doing everythin...
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M Grael // Photo credit: SailGP Media
SailGP 2026

SailGP Rio preview: why light air could decide the regatta

In just over a week, SailGP has its debut in Rio de Janeiro, one of the most visually striking stops on the 2026 calendar. Ra...
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SailGP 2026

DP Automobiles France SailGP’s Leigh McMillan speaks out on Auckland SailGP crash and his own ...

DS Automobiles France SailGP Team wing trimmer Leigh McMillan has revealed the full extent of the shoulder injury he suffered...
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SailGP 2026 Sydney Race Final // SailGP Media
SailGP 2026

Taylor Canfield claims first-ever SailGP event title

After seven fleet races in light and unstable breeze, the three boat final at the 2026 SailGP Sydney event was set. Across th...
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ROCKWOOL Racing SailGP Team helmed by Nicolai Sehested ahead of Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team helmed by Dylan Fletcher during racing on Race Day 1 of the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix in Sydney, Australia. Saturday 28 February 2026. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 3 2026 Season. // Photo credit: Felix Diemer for SailGP.
SailGP 2026

Denmark time it right as the Harbour tilts the script in the final fleet race in Sydney SailGP

Heading into Race 7, the final fleet race of the 2026 SailGP Sydney event, Spain’s Los Gallos led the standings on 48 points....
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SailGP 2026

United States master light air in Race 6 as Sydney SailGP leaderboard tightens

Sydney Harbour delivered its most testing race—not by speed but by decisions made in slow racing conditions—of the weekend in...
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SailGP 2026 Sydney Race 5 // Photo credit: SailGP Media
SailGP 2026

Emirates GBR take control in light air in Sydney SailGP Race 5

Sydney Harbour delivered a tactical light air contest on Sunday as Emirates Great Britain claimed victory in Race 5 of the 20...
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SailGP 2026

Spain edge ahead in Sydney on day one of SailGP event

Sydney Harbour did what it always does when the breeze refuses stay in one direction, or maintain predictabilit...
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SailGP 2026

Australia close Day 1 with commanding Race 4 SailGP victory

Australia secured a decisive win in Race 4 to close the opening day of SailGP Sydney 2026, restoring their first race momentu...
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SailGP 2026

Spain master unstable breeze in penalty-filled Sydney Race 3

Race 3 in Sydney delivered one of the most chaotic starts of the weekend, with shifting breeze, unstable pressure and early p...
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SailGP 2026

Shifting Sydney breeze reshapes the leaderboard in Race 2

Like Race 1, Race 2 of the 2026 SailGP Sydney unfolded in a lighter, unstable breeze. Following Australia’s controlled win...
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Silhouette of the F50 catamaran sleet racing past the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Race Day 1 of the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix in Sydney, Australia. Saturday 28 February 2026. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 3 2026 Season. // Photo credit: Brett Phibbs for SailGP.
SailGP 2026

BONDS Flying Roos strike first in a light air scrap in the first race 2026 Sydney SailGP

Sydney Harbour delivered a tactical opener to the 2026 SailGP Sydney opener. With the Black Foils and France s...
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SailGP 2026

KPMG Sydney Sail Grand Prix (Press Conference): racing returns under sharper focus

The KPMG Sydney Sail Grand Prix arrives with unfinished business. Auckland changed the tone of the season. The collision b...
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SailGP 2026

SailGP Sydney pre-race press conference as it happened (formerly our live coverage)

We are running a live for this press conference; it's the first pre-race press conference since the massive accident in Auckl...
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SailGP 2026

Sydney SailGP weather throws out the usual Harbour script

An uncommon easterly and tidal nuances around Shark Island could turn this weekend’s racing into a tactical contest.
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SailGP 2026

Sydney SailGP 2026: Five storylines to watch on Sydney Harbour

Sydney Harbour hosts the next round of the 2026 SailGP season this weekend. The fleet will be smaller than expected, but the ...
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SailGP 2026

Auckland SailGP collision: Review confirms rapid foil ventilation sequence behind Black Foils crash

SailGP’s technical review into the Auckland SailGP collision has concluded there was no mechanical failure aboard the Black F...
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SailGP 2026

Quentin Delapierre speaks exclusively to Boating New Zealand after Auckland SailGP crash

France SailGP driver Quentin Delapierre reflects on the Race 3 collision with the Black Foils at the Auckland SailGP, the inj...
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SailGP 2026

Artemis may sail for Sweden, but Auckland felt like home!

Kiwi influence strong within Artemis Racing SailGP Team ahead of KPMG Sydney Sail Grand Prix With just seven days until th...
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Peter Burling, co-CEO and driver of Black Foils SailGP Team, crosses the Black Foils SailGP F50 catamaran whilst in action on Race Day 1 of the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix in Auckland, New Zealand. Saturday 14 February 2026. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 2 2026 Season. Photo: James Gourley for SailGP.
SailGP 2026

New Zealand SailGP Team out for unspecified period after Auckland crash

The New Zealand SailGP Team, the Black Foils, have confirmed they will not compete at the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix in S...
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SailGP 2026

Black Foils outline technical sequence behind Auckland SailGP collision

The New Zealand SailGP Team, the Black Foils, have provided their clearest account yet of the events that led to the high spe...
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Louis Sinclair, SailGP recovery // Photo credit: Black Foils
SailGP 2026

Louis Sinclair discharged as Black Foils focus on recovery after SailGP collision

The New Zealand SailGP Team, the Black Foils, have confirmed that grinder Louis Sinclair has been discharged from Auckland Ho...
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Aftermath of the collision between the Black Foils SailGP Team helmed by Peter Burling and DS Automobiles SailGP Team France helmed by Quentin Delapierre, with support boats of the SailGP Fleet, on Race Day 1 of the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix in Auckland, New Zealand. Saturday 14 February 2026. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 2 2026 Season. Photo: Simon Bruty for SailGP.
SailGP 2026

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke speak after SailGP Auckland crash

The following is a full, unedited transcript of the media briefing with Black Foils co CEOs Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, hel...
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SailGP 2026

Black Foils and DS Team France out of Sydney SailGP as review continues

New Zealand and France will not compete at next weekend’s KPMG Sydney Sail Grand Prix, following the high-speed collision bet...
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2026 SailGP Auckland. NZ vs France crash. // Photo credit: Boating NZ / Roger Mills
SailGP 2026

French team ruled out of Sydney as injured sailors continue recovery after Auckland SailGP crash

The fallout from the dramatic collision at the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix continues, with DS Automobiles SailGP Team Fra...
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