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The SailGP fleet in action on Race Day 1 of the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Saturday, 18th March 2023
This weekend, there was an incredible comeback for the Canadian SailGP team to take the win at the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix. The Canadians were the ones to watch, consistently moving up the leaderboard and challenging the hometown…
SailGP Emirates Great Britain grinder Matt Gotrel falls through the fairing of the British F50 on the first day of racing in Sydney
"It Was A Pretty Insane Situation". Driver of Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team Ben Ainslie has relived the moment grinder Matt Gotrel fell through the fairing of the British F50 on the first day of racing in Sydney. The team…
Crew scatter as Canada SailGP's F50 wing sail is caught in a storm and wrecked in Sydney after racing. See video below
A “severe weather system" after the Australian SailGP racing in Sydney caused significant damage to Team Canada’s wing sails. It has forced the cancellation of the two fleet races scheduled for Sunday. The accident occurred while the Canada SailGP Team’s…
Lightning was first sighted near the spectator Race Village, which was promptly evacuated before hitting the top of the New Zealand F50 F50 mast
SailGP's 10-strong fleet of one-design F50s is set to reshuffle ahead of racing in Sydney after New Zealand's lightning-struck F50 known as Amokura was deemed unable to compete. The Kiwis' boat was being towed back to the Tech Site shortly…
New Zealand won SailGP Singapore, the first eve SailGP event held in Asia
New Zealand battled back from a four-point pre-event penalty to claim to dominate SailGP victory over Denmark and Australia on the final day of racing in Singapore. The Kiwis left Nicolai Sehested's Denmark and Tom Slingsby's Australia trailing in their…
Tom Slingsby
The driver and CEO of the Australia SailGP Team has opened up about his failure to secure any major sponsorship deals and claimed the two-time defending champions could be “on the chopping block” in the future. Speaking on Shirley Robertson’s…
Australia driver Tom Slingsby described Dubai’s neck-and-neck winner-takes-all Final as ‘the most intense’ Final he’s ‘ever raced’ after a contest of strategy and nerve played out on the tight racecourse of Port Rashid. The team battled back from an uncharacteristically poor performance on the first day of racing to scrape into the Final and steal victory from the jaws of defeat
Tom Slingsby's Australia SailGP Team delivered one of the more remarkable victories seen in SailGP to dramatically overtake both France and Great Britain from what had seemed respective winning positions to storm back onto the winner's podium. At the close…
Quentin Delapierre marked his first anniversary as France driver by winning his first ever SailGP event, with a narrow three-second lead over the Americans on the Bay of Cádiz
In the closest-ever finish to a SailGP event, Quentin Delapierre led the France SailGP Team to a stunning victory by just three seconds over Jimmy Spithill's U.S. team to claim the team's first event win in SailGP. The event win…
Jimmy Spithill's victorious United States SailGP Team in St. Tropez
In Saint-Tropez, France, Jimmy Spithill has led his United States SailGP Team to his first ever SailGP victory, prevailing in light winds at the Range Rover France Sail Grand Prix in Saint-Tropez. In the final, he battled the in-form New…
Japan SailGP Team racing in San Francisco in the closing event of Season 2 this past March, where they finished second overall
SailGP organisers made the surprise announcement on Friday (15 July) that they were pausing the participation of Japan SailGP Team “indefinitely”. According to Sail-World, the move was prompted by a shortage of boats, with only nine vessels ready to sail…
Billed as 'the most exciting racing on water' could be coming to Canada in 2023/2024 as part of SailGP Season 4. Following a very competitive domestic bid process, with interest from over ten potential host cities, SailGP has announced that…
Canadian SailGP Team
When SailGP Season 3 commences on May 14 in Bermuda, it will mark an historic moment for Canadian sailing. Canada’s first-ever fully professional sailing team will be on the start line with an all-star crew onboard the leading-edge F50 foiling…
As SAILGP Australia celebrate their back-to-back successes, they must also start preparing for their title defence with Season 3 starting in just over a month
Australia has won the SailGP Championship for a second successive year, beating Japan and the United States in the Grand Final on a crazy, incident-filled day in San Francisco. The Aussies and Driver Tom Slingsby, who won the inaugural Championship…
The drama-filled SailGP circuit for 2022 has been finalised and new dates for 2023 have been announced.
SailGP's Season 3 calendar has expanded into 2023 with the announcement of two further events including fan favourite destination San Francisco and a debut trip to Christchurch for the purpose-led, global championship. The ten teams competing in Season 3 -…
The United States SailGP Grand Prix will play host to the championship league's Grand Final on March 26-27, 2022
It's full speed ahead for SailGP's eight-nation fleet as they head into Season 2's home stretch. Vying for the highly coveted $1 million top prize, the Mubadala United States Sail Grand Prix will play host to the championship league's Grand…
Phil Robertson
Canada SailGP Team has announced two key appointments as the team's preparations continue in the lead up to the start of Season 3 in Bermuda. Leading Canada SailGP Team will be incoming CEO Jean-Sebastien Chenier Proteau. An accomplished team manager…

About SailGP

SailGP unites world-class athletic talent and cutting-edge technology. Eight teams representing Australia, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Japan, New Zealand, Spain and the United States will contest eight events held in as many countries over an 11-month period. Following the season opener in Bermuda, the championship visits renowned sailing locations in Italy, the United Kingdom, Denmark, France, Spain and New Zealand. San Francisco, United States, has the honour of closing proceedings with the Grand Final on 26–27 March 2022. Among those vying for the crown is the Great Britain team led by Rolex Testimonee and four-time Rolex World Sailor of the Year, Sir Ben Ainslie, who says: “The sailing world was crying out for the creation of such a concept. SailGP is a major milestone in the evolution of yachting, but it also represents continuity. The combination of state-of-the-art technology and sporting prowess is widening the appeal of sailing.

At A Glance – SailGP Season 3 Schedule 2022-2023

2022
May 14-15 Bermuda Sail Grand Prix
June 18-19 United States Sail Grand Prix | Chicago at Navy Pier
July 30-31 Great Britain Sail Grand Prix | Plymouth
August 19-20 ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix | Copenhagen
September 10-11 France Sail Grand Prix | Saint-Tropez
September 24-25 Spain Sail Grand Prix | Andalucía - Cadiz
November 12-13 Dubai Sail Grand Prix

2023*
March 18-19 New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Christchurch
May 6-7 United States Sail Grand Prix | San Francisco (Season 3 Grand Final)

*further events will be announced to complete SailGP Season 3.

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