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Black Foils win at home

24 March 2024
New Zealand’s ‘Black Foils’ – driven by Peter Burling – today claimed victory in front of an adoring hometown crowd at the the second-annual ITM New ZealandSailGrand Prix in Christchurch. After the cancellation of racing yesterday,SailGPimplemented a ‘Super Sunday’ race format, consisting of three fleet races and then a winner-takes-all final podium…
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Fairytale in Sydney

26 February 2024
Tom Slingsby and his Australian crew have been crowned champions of the KPMG AustraliaSailGrand Prix I Sydney, flying home in front of an ecstatic and vibrant ‘Genesis Island’ crowd and a jam-packed Sydney Harbour to clinch the sensational win from Denmark and New Zealand in the three-boat final. With the home crowd cheering them on, the Australia team finally secured its first…
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SailGP Season 4 - Sydney Preview

24 February 2024
SailGP Season 4 continues on Sydney Harbour today. After a string of events with light breeze and the F50s struggling to foil consistently, all the talk in the lead up to today’s racing has been the predicted strong breeze and which teams will manage it. Canadian Driver Phil Robertson summed it up as “big boy pants weather” and all the drivers at the opening media conference said…
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Dramatic race day in Saint-Tropez

10 September 2023
The New Zealand SailGP Team faces a race against time to compete on day two of the France Sail Grand Prix in Saint Tropez after its wing collapsed moments after the day’s final race. It had up to that point been a good day for Peter Burling and his team as they had ended the daysecond overall in the standings behind Nicolai Sehested’s ROCKWOOL Denmark SailGP Team. An assessment of…
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Tough to pick - SailGP Los Angeles Day 1

23 July 2023
The first day of the Oracle SailGP Los Angeles showed a slightly different hand to what was expected, as the sea breeze battled in later than expected. The result was a course with different conditions on each side, making strategist calls critical and big gains and losses throughout the fleet in all three races. Consistency paid at the end of the day, with the top four separated by only four…
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Oracle SailGP LA Preview

22 July 2023
The second event of SailGP Season 4 gets underway tomorrow from the Port of Los Angeles. After a variable event in Chicago to get the season underway, the theme in the lead up to this weekend has been “tight” for all the teams. The on water action is going to be split with those at the top of the table looking to further their early leads going into the European leg of the season…
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New Zealand wins SailGP Season 4 opener in Chicago

18 June 2023
In light winds off Navy Pier New Zealand best mastered tough conditions in front of packed shorelines to win the season-opening Rolex United States Sail Grand Prix in Chicago. Peter Burling led his team to victory over Tom Slingsby’s Australia and Phil Robertson’s Canada in the first three-boat event final of Season 4. It was a day to remember for last season’s two bottom placed…
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Three SailGP seasons, three championship wins for Australia

8 May 2023
Tom Slingsby and his Australian team showed why they are one of the most dominant forces in sport as they claimed a third straightSailGPChampionship. In a dramatic race on a sparkling day on San Francisco Bay, Slingsby outfoxed his rivals and held off a stunning late challenge from Peter Burling’s New Zealand to claim theSailGPSeason 3 title and $1 million…
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SailGP in Sydney - Preview

18 February 2023
As the KPMG Australia SailGP Sydney gets set to get underway on Sydney Harbour this weekend the Drivers’ Press Conference brought out one common theme – this season is far from decided and results here matter for every team. Even for Tom Slingsby and the Australia SailGP Team, who are nine points ahead on top of the leaderboard leading into this event. “I don’t think…
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SailGP Dubai - Day 2 Wrap - Three Way Battle Goes to the Wire

14 November 2022
The P&O Marinas Dubai SailGP went to the next level in Dubai, with the three boat final providing heart stopping action, and a result undeterminable until the final maneouvre. It was the Australians who were a nose in front at the end, and went on to win the first SailGP event in the Middle East. Great Britain were the pace setters who showed the value of consistency, dominating…
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