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Sail World - The world's largest sailing news network; sail and sailing, cruising, boating news
Sail World - The world's largest sailing news network; sail and sailing, cruising, boating news
Sail World - The world's largest sailing news network; sail and sailing, cruising, boating news
Yachting World 0shares SailGP is now in its second season, with some of the best sailors in the world, sailing some of the fastest boats, going head-to-head in a global sailing series with a prize of $1m When Larry Ellison and Russell Coutts launched SailGP back in 2018, the plan was that, by 2021, the series would be heading into its third consecutive season and starting to build some serious momentum. As with the rest of the sporting world, however, COVID-19 has caused some significant disruption. The first season of SailGP racing showed the potential of the ambit...
Jimmy Spithill is relishing a return to racing the foiling catamarans. Three weeks after his Italian-based team lost the America's Cup match on New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf, Australian-born Jimmy Spithill has arrived on Bermuda's Great Sound to lead the reconfigured American team in the SailGP global league. Spithill will make his SailGP debut when the pandemic-delayed second season begins April 24-25. He was hired late last year as CEO and helmsman, and has remade the crew of the team that finished last in the inaugural season in 2019. Spithill doesn't mind that he's barely had time to catch...