The Rolex SailGP Championship takes to the water in Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 11 and 12 for the Enel Rio Sail Grand Prix. The event marks the fourth stop of the 2026 season, and thousands are expected to come out to watch the racing against the backdrop of Sugarloaf Mountain. It’s also big news for Brazilian sailing as the Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team competes at home for the first time, led by two-time Olympic champion Martine Grael, who is also SailGP’s first female driver. Martine Grael, who is also joined on board by her brother, Marco Grael, is the daughter of Brazilian Olympic sailor Torben Grael, who won five Olympic medals across six Olympic Games. Race fans will also witness another Olympic reunion, as Denmark’s ROCKWOOL Racing strategist, Kahena Kunze, competes. With Martine Grael, the two won Olympic sailing gold at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The US SailGP Team arrives fresh off their first event win since 2023 in Auckland under driver Taylor Canfield. DS Automobiles Team France is also back to competition after a mid-race crash in Auckland forced them to retire from that race. Currently, the championship race has seen three different teams win in the first three events of the year: Emirates Great Britain, BONDS Flying Roos (Australia), and the United States. Emirates Great Britain holds the top spot with 28 points, followed by BONDS Flying Roos with 25 points. In third, tied, are the U.S. and France with 20 points. Spain’s Los Gallos has 16 points, and Sweden’s Artemis has 15 points. SailGP racing features identical, one-design F50 foiling catamarans, with the idea that competition starts from a level playing field. Teams race multiple times during each event, earning points toward the overall championship standings. The top three teams advance to a winner-takes-all Final at every event. Racing starts at 3 p.m. local time on Saturday, April 11, and Sunday, April 12. Photo: Simon Bruty for SailGP. Check out Triton’s latest issue