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SailGP says no system fault in Auckland crash
SailGP has released its technical findings into the high-speed collision between the Black Foils and DS Team France at the New Zealand Sail Grand Prix – and the league's verdict is emphatic: no mechanical fault or software...
Freddie Carr: A week that changed the sport
How did we get to a point where nearly 20,000 paying fans turned up to watch sailing in Auckland over a single weekend? That doesn’t happen by accident. For SailGP it felt like a line in the sand – and, more broadly, a marker for...
Podcast Ep. 7 - The fallout for SailGP after disaster in Auckland
Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms Neil Cole is joined by Andy Rice and Freddie Carr, who were both on the spot in Auckland and witnessed the devastating collision between New Zealand’s Black Foils and DS Team...
SailGP's F50 super licence is here – but can the infrastructure keep up?
For the first time in SailGP's seven-year history, there's a formal system to ensure everyone who steps onto an F50 is fully prepared to handle it. The F50 super licence is now mandatory for anyone who wants to train or race on...
The long shadow of Sassnitz – and the split-fleet future
The problems at the SailGP weekend in Auckland date back to the problems at SailGP in Sassnitz last August, in more ways than one. 1. The disintegration of the Brazilian F50 on the practice day in Germany, caused by a rare...
System limit led to Auckland collision, Black Foils reveal
Black Foils co-CEOs Pete Burling and Blair Tuke fronted the media at Viaduct Harbour, Auckland on Thursday morning, delivering their most detailed account yet of the collision that hospitalised grinder Louis Sinclair and Manon...
'We're still Danish': What American Magic takeover means for Rockwool
An organisation built around the oldest trophy in sport is now going all-in on the newest league in elite sailing. As we reported last week, American Magic – the New York Yacht Club's Cup challenger for the past two America’s...
French and Kiwi F50 hulls grafted together as Sydney deadline looms
Less than 72 hours after one of the most dramatic collisions in SailGP history, engineers in Auckland are already piecing together a new boat from the wreckage. At Southern Spars' facility in Avondale, what's being dubbed the...
Freddie Carr: Auckland incident will be another turning point for safety
Seeing a wing lying across a broken catamaran brings back the toughest memories of the 2013 America’s Cup, when the sailing world lost Andrew Simpson in a training accident in San Francisco. Watching the Black Foils in Auckland...
