U.S. SailGP Team launches Foiling First diversity program hoping to spur change in sailing Two-time America's Cup champion Jimmy Spithill is all for improving diversity and inclusion in sailing, whether it's along lines of race, gender or socioeconomic status. After all, he needed a bit of help to get going in a sport in which he's become a superstar. Spithill is in his first season as skipper and CEO of the U.S. SailGP team, which on Thursday launched Foiling First, a development program designed to be the first professional pathway to foiling in the United States and a catalyst for meaningful change in sailing.