Slingsby Takes Control of SailGP Championship After Victory in Sydney
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by Deborah Dalziel
2y ago
Sydney, AUSTRALIA – December 18, 2021 – Tom Slingbsy delivered when it mattered for his Australia SailGP Team. Dominating the final race after an inconsistent weekend of results, the home team claimed victory in the Australia Sail Grand Prix presented by KPMG to secure its place in the Season 2 Grand Final in San Francisco, March 26-27. Slingbsy finished ahead of a dogged performance from the man they call ‘The Pitbull’, two-time America’s Cup winner Jimmy Spithill, who led his United States team to second place and was left still searching for his first event win in SailGP. As a consolation ..read more
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Two Olympic Gold Medalists Crash On The Opening Day of the Australia Sail Grand Prix
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by Deborah Dalziel
2y ago
Sydney, AUSTRALIA – December 17, 2021 – Under perfect Sydney skies it was anything but a perfect day of racing for Great Britain and Japan as a major crash happened moments before the start of race three, turning the Australia Sail Grand Prix presented by KPMG, and the season on its head.   The dramatic collision between Sir Ben Ainslie’s Great Britain SailGP Team and Nathan Outteridge’s Japan team stunned spectators and competitors alike, and left both boats extensively damaged and unable to start the day’s final race. The crash occurred just minutes after Japan had seemingly taken ..read more
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Fleet Get Ready for RORC Transatlantic Race
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by Deborah Dalziel
2y ago
With less than a month to the start of the RORC Transatlantic Race, well over half of the record international fleet have arrived in Calero Marinas Puerto Calero in Lanzarote for the start of the 3,000 nautical mile race to Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina in Grenada. Over 200 sailors from at least 22 different nations will be competing. The eclectic mix includes professional sailors from the Olympics, America’s Cup, Vendée Globe, and The Ocean Race, however, the vast majority are passionate corinthians. Double Olympic gold medallist Giles Scott will be part of Peter Cunningham’s crew ..read more
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SailGP’s High-Speed Action Hits World Famous Sydney Harbour
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by Deborah Dalziel
2y ago
Sydney, AUSTRALIA – December 16, 2021 – As the seventh and penultimate event on the global championship calendar, the purpose-led racing league will make a spectacular return to iconic Sydney Harbour this week, December 17-18, for the Australia Sail Grand Prix presented by KPMG. As SailGP Season 2 draws toward a dramatic conclusion, there has already been plenty of drama as the world’s best athletes go head-to-head, racing in the identical, hydro foiling, high-tech F50 catamarans. The season is set for a thrilling finish with just one point separating the top three teams on the championship le ..read more
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Alinghi Red Bull Racing Launches Bid For 37th America’s Cup
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by Deborah Dalziel
2y ago
A new team will be challenging for the next America’s Cup, as Red Bull joins forces with double America’s Cup–winning syndicate Alinghi in a campaign for the oldest trophy in international sport. Alinghi founder Ernesto Bertarelli and two-time Olympic champion Hans Peter Steinacher announced the launch of the new Alinghi Red Bull Racing and presented its logo at the Société Nautique de Genève, the yacht club the team will represent. Red Bull Racing principal Christian Horner also participated live via satellite. After an absence of over a decade, one of the most dynamic names in the history of ..read more
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Yachting NZ launch world-leading Clean Club programme
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by Deborah Dalziel
2y ago
Yachting New Zealand today launched a Clean Club programme, a world-leading initiative for yachting and boating clubs to help protect and enhance the coastlines, oceans and waterways in this country. The programme is a way for clubs to become more environmentally focused, and those efforts are recognised in a three-star rating system based on the number of best-practice criteria achieved. Yachting New Zealand have partnered with the New Zealand SailGP Team, who will share their knowledge with Yachting New Zealand’s 108 member clubs as part of this collaboration. It has also been endorsed by Sa ..read more
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18ft Skiffs NSW Championship, Race 4
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by Deborah Dalziel
2y ago
The defending champion Tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt, and Lewis Brake produced a brilliant finishing burst to grab a last-minute victory in Race 4 of the 2021-2022 NSW 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. Tech 2’s team survived a capsize at the start, then hard to come from behind at the final rounding mark as the fleet headed for the finish line, before taking the lead for the only time during the race as it crossed the line a 1s winner. Series leader Yandoo (John Winning, Mike Kennedy and Fang Warren) had led for most of the course in the more than 20-knot southe ..read more
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Fans Brought Closer To The Action Than Ever With SailGP Insights
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by Deborah Dalziel
2y ago
SailGP Insights, SailGP’s new offering, provides fans with detailed real-time race data and officially launches ahead of the Australia Sail Grand Prix on December 17-18 London, ENGLAND – December 9, 2021 – SailGP is proud to officially launch SailGP Insights, a new online dashboard that provides fans with vast amounts of data from the identical hydrofoiling F50 catamarans that feature in the purpose-led, global racing league. SailGP Insights perfectly complements SailGP’s broadcast partners’ coverage, enabling fans to access in-depth information about the world’s most exciting racing on-w ..read more
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18ft Skiffs: NSW Championship, Race 3
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by Deborah Dalziel
2y ago
The Yandoo team of John Winning, Mike Kennedy and Fang Warren lead the NSW 18ft Skiff Championship following a dominating performance to take out Race 3 of the championship on Sydney Harbour today. Yandoo grabbed the lead early in the race to hold a 20s advantage at the first windward mark in Rose Bay and steadily increased her lead throughout the SE course. At the finish, Yandoo crossed the line 3m13s ahead of her nearest rival, defending champion Tech2 (Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake). A dominating victory for the Yandoo team The Shaw and Partners Financial Servic ..read more
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First Eight Cities Unveiled In An Expanded SailGP Season 3
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by Deborah Dalziel
2y ago
London, ENGLAND – December 7, 2021 – SailGP returns in its third season with additional new teams, more iconic cities and thrilling racing as it reaffirms its status as the most exciting and purpose-driven racing on-water. The future has never looked brighter for SailGP as it expands both its competitive roster and an enviable list of global event locations, whilst returning to some fan-favorite destinations that attracted thousands of fans in Season 2. Once again bringing the sport’s best roster of athletes together, the global championship welcomes two new franchise teams for its third seaso ..read more
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