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Following the reported port foil damage to Gitana 18 during the Route du Rhum, The Foil's Andy Rice revisits his pre-race conversation with skipper Charles Caudrelier about what it takes to race a flying Ultim alone.
AMAALA Yacht Club, the luxury yacht club and marina located on the Red Sea along Saudi Arabia’s north-western coast…
The Foil rounds up the first two days of the Route du Rhum for the Ultim class and looks at what to expect as the giant trimarans make their way towards Guadalupe.
The Foil takes us aboard Banque Populaire XI, where Armel Le Cléac'h is chasing the Ultim leaders in the Route du Rhum from a cockpit that doubles as kitchen, bed, office and gym.
Built on 10 years of ECMWF data, the updates help sailors pick the best months for a passage and allow racers to see how conditions typically change through the day
The Foil's latest video checks in on the Route du Rhum fleet 24 hours after the start, with the tracker graphics showing the boats strung out off the Brittany coast.
The Football World Cup in Sailing has arrived in Rio de Janeiro. On Sunday and Monday, three SSL47 racing yachts sailed past the iconic beaches of Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon..
The Lipton Trophy, the first pursuit race of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s 2026–27 sailing season, took place on Saturday 31 October under ideal racing conditions.
The Foil has released a new video to mark the start of the Route du Rhum, with the fleet setting out across the Atlantic.
The Foil's Will Harris and Musto take us through the Route du Rhum Race Village, looking for the fastest boats in a 115-strong fleet.
With the Route du Rhum about to get under way, The Foil's latest video asks which sailors you should be following across the Atlantic.
UTC tomorrow, Saturday 31 October, six remarkable little ocean racers will start from Marina de Lagos, Portugal, beginning a 3,600…
40 national teams, the 2016 Olympics sailing area, a host of Olympic medallists competing, and the home nation team led by the legendary Robert Scheidt.
The Foil gets rare access to the restricted Ferrari Hypersail build facility in Pisa, where a 100-foot offshore monohull is being readied to fly around the world.
Loïck Peyron sits down with Freddie and Andy on The Foil's Off Diary to tell the stories behind his eight Route du Rhum appearances, from a first crossing aged 22 to the record-breaking win in 2014.
Marcus Hutchinson joins Neil Cole and Andy Rice on The Foil Podcast to explain why the Route du Rhum, the solo race from Saint-Malo to Guadeloupe, means so much in France and who to watch this time.
The 52 Super Series Grand Prix Sailing Show reaches its season finale at Valencia Sailing Week, with Platoon Aviation 11 points clear and Sled needing to close the gap in one regatta.
PredictWind's Keryn McMaster, a former New Zealand pro sailor, walks through an Atlantic crossing step by step, from picking the departure day to staying connected offshore. The lessons apply to any passage.
The Zephyr fleet's Wednesday sessions at Murrays Bay come with a post-sail ritual at the Cinnamon Club. I turned up to see if the curry lives up to the reputation, and with the North Islands at Taupo only days away.
Light winds and strong, shifting currents challenge 180 young sailors in Maldonado Bay as two races are completed on the opening day of championship racing in Punta del Este.
Two race wins give the American duo a perfect start as the fleet enjoys strong northerly winds on the opening day
Few offshore races combine sporting prestige, spectacular scenery and adventure quite like the Rolex Middle Sea Race organised by the Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC) and first held in 1968.
World Sailing’s Events Committee was expected to hand Council a menu of options for the 2032 Olympic slate. It sent one recommendation instead, and the Nacra 17 is in it.
With entries for the 10th Melbourne to Osaka Yacht Race set to be capped, more than 125 expressions of interest from 12 countries signal strong international…
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