An elite gathering of 23 star-studded teams will be competing at the 2019 Star Sailors League Finals in the Bahamas next month, including a number of wildcards drawn from many parts of the world of high-level sailing. There are legends aplenty in the 22 country fleet, with Volvo Ocean Race winner
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SailGP: F50 catamaran named World Sailing Boat of the Year
SailGP attracts global audience of 1.8 billion in inaugural season
SailGP adds total economic impact of US$115 million to five host cities in first year, more than 133,000 spectators witnessed world’s fastest sail racing. NEW YORK – October 10, 2019 – As SailGP celebrates its first anniversary, the overall impact of the new global championship has been revealed, highlighted by a
Twenty years on (and still king of the hill)
52 Super Series communications director Andi Robertson updates after Quantum Racing's wild and windy mid-season regatta win in Portugal. A breezy, adrenalin-pumping Cascais marked the mid-point of the 2019 52 Super Series. Day in day out the action was so close that it was often genuinely breathtaking, both in terms of
Iain Murray: The “Big Fella” of the America’s Cup on SailGP
Rob Kothe speaks to multiple-America's Cup race director Iain Murray about his role at SailGP at the end of the international circuit's inaugural season. One of Australia's most respected sailor Iain Murray, 61, is the Regatta Director for SailGP. He was Regatta Director for the 34th America's Cup in 2013 and 35th
World Match Racing Tour acquires Match Race Super League circuit
SailGP: Slingsby prevails in the Million Dollar Match Race
MARSEILLE, France – September 22, 2019 – Tom Slingsby today made history, helming the Australia SailGP Team to victory over Nathan Outteridge’s Japan SailGP Team in the SailGP Season 1 Championship Final Race. The global league’s inaugural season culminated with a 10-minute match race between Australia and Japan, in which
SailGP: A weather examination – Rob Kothe reports from Marseille
There is nothing like a significant sailing regatta to bring focus on the sailing conditions on a patch of water called home by thousands of sailors.The Olympic venues Sydney, Qingdao, Weymouth Rio, once again Enoshima for 2020 and next up Marseille 2024 all had a serious examination before the Olympic
World Match Racing Tour: Argo Group Gold Cup returns to the WMRT in 2020
SailGP: Rob Kothe skippers’ interviews ahead of $1M season finale
Rob Kothe previews the SailGP Season 1 Grand Final taking place in Marseille next weekend featuring eight fleet races over three days for the six teams, followed by the much-anticipated sudden-death match race where the overall series top two teams will go head-to-head for a winner-takes-all one million dollar prize. As