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SailGP Returned to Bermuda as the Championship Fight Intensified on the Great Sound Few places in world sailing make high-performance racing look as outrageously fast as Bermuda Great Sound. Flat water. Clean breeze. Foiling catamarans flying at motorway speeds just metres from shore. When the Rolex SailGP Championship returned to Bermuda for the fifth event of the 2026 season, the atmosphere already felt charged before a single F50 hit the racecourse.
© Jason Ludlow for SailGP
Flat water. Full send. No hiding place.
31-05-2026
SailGP Power Shift: Los Gallos Change Hands in Landmark Deal There’s a moment when a sport stops being niche… and starts being taken seriously.
This is one of those moments.
SailGP has announced the sale of the Spanish team, Los Gallos, to Quantum Pacific Group — and it’s not just another transaction. It’s the largest-ever investment into a sailing team in Spain.
That matters.
Because when serious capital starts flowing into a sport, it usually means one thing:
03-05-2026
SailGP arrived in Rio de Janeiro for the first time, bringing high-speed foiling action to Guanabara Bay as global teams battled in front of home crowds and iconic scenery.
26-04-2026
SailGP has confirmed the return of one of its most striking and successful venues, with the Rolex Switzerland Sail Grand Prix set to roar back onto Geneva’s spectacular waterfront on 19–20 September 2026. Staged once again on the deep blue theatre of Lake Geneva, the event will mark a second consecutive home race for the Switzerland SailGP Team, supported by long-standing championship and event Title Partner Rolex.
11-02-2026
SailGP has confirmed the return of one of its most striking and successful venues, with the Rolex Switzerland Sail Grand Prix set to roar back onto Geneva’s spectacular waterfront on 19–20 September 2026. Staged once again on the deep blue theatre of Lake Geneva, the event will mark a second consecutive home race for the Switzerland SailGP Team, supported by long-standing championship and event Title Partner Rolex.
11-02-2026
Few cities feel built for spectacle quite like Rio de Janeiro — and in April 2026, SailGP finally brings its brand of edge-of-control foiling to South America for the first time.
28-01-2026
Two of offshore racing’s biggest names laid down unmistakable markers ahead of the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Under blue skies and postcard conditions, Master Lock Comanche and URM Group delivered emphatic performances in the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge.
11-01-2026
Before the gun fires and the fleet charges south, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will pause this Boxing Day to look back — and do so in style.
To mark the 80th edition of one of offshore sailing’s most revered contests, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia will stage a Parade of Sail, celebrating the founding fathers, the early boats, and the stories that shaped a race first sailed in 1945.
29-12-2025
Master Lock Comanche Fires a Warning Shot: Champions Poised for Overall Cabbage Tree Island Race Glory
The road to the 80th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has a new headline act — and it thunders in red, black, and carbon fibre.
Master Lock Comanche, already one of the most feared Maxi yachts on the planet, has delivered a dominant statement victory in the Cabbage Tree Island Race, the traditional proving ground for the Boxing Day showdown.
28-12-2025
In the 2025 revival of the Admiral’s Cup—one of sailing’s most prestigious and storied international events—it was the twin-sailed warhorses of the Yacht Club de Monaco that seized the moment. At the heart of this historic campaign was Jolt—or more precisely, Jolt 3 and Jolt 6—a two-boat arsenal that fired on all cylinders and carried Monaco to its first-ever Admiral’s Cup triumph.
27-11-2025
When the cannons fire from Sydney Harbour on Boxing Day 2025, all eyes will be on one familiar blue hull: Celestial V70.
At the helm will be Sam Haynes, Commodore of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA), defending Rolex Sydney Hobart Overall Champion, and now chasing a historic third Tattersall Cup victory in what promises to be the most competitive edition of the race in decades.
16-10-2025