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Ineos vs Athena: What happens when you make Ben Ainslie angry
“They’ve made a big mistake. They’ve made me angry; you don’t want to make me angry.” The words of Ben Ainslie after a controversial race 8 of the Olympic Regatta at London 2012. The Danish and Dutch competitors in the Finn...
Is SailGP's format broken? The fans weigh in
In his video last week, Tom ‘Mozzy’ Morris took aim at one of SailGP's most controversial design choices: the opening sprint leg. Starting the fleet on a full 90-degree reach puts the F50s straight into what many sailors call the...
Coutts confirms safety overhaul – but is SailGP ahead of the game or playing catch-up?
Following the collision in Auckland that put Louis Sinclair and Manon Audinet in hospital, Russell Coutts confirmed at Sydney's press conference that engineering teams are deep into design reviews. That includes looking at...
Tom 'Mozzy' Morris: SailGP's Auckland safety review doesn't add up
I’ve seen a race management hearing document that appears to contradict SailGP’s official safety narrative around the New Zealand–France collision in Auckland. And it also seems to back up what Pete Burling and Blair Tuke have...
Jury verdict: Black Foils pushed too hard before Auckland crash
The Black Foils could have sailed their F50 more conservatively in order to avoid the loss of control that resulted in the collision with the French team at the Auckland SailGP Grand Prix earlier this month. That’s the broad...
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...
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...
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...
