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SailGP Cancels 2024 Auckland Event Over Land Dispute

SailGP, the high-octane global racing league, will not stage its upcoming event in Auckland, originally due to take place in March 2024, due to a dispute over land required for a spectator facility. In a statement, the council-run cultural agency Tātaki Auckland...

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SailGP Comes to Abu Dhabi for the First Time

Abu Dhabi will play host to SailGP, the high-octane global racing league, for the first time in January 2024.  Tickets are now on sale to witness the sport of sailing's best athletes representing national teams from around the globe on the waters...

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SailGP Restructures to Focus on Asia-Pacific Growth

  SailGP says it saw 'significant growth' in the Asia Pacific region during its Season 3, including a 110 per cent increase in New Zealand's dedicated broadcast audience, with a sold-out event in the first ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix in...

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New Zealand Olympian Named in French America's Cup Squad

Saunders qualifies to sail for France on the basis that he has lived in France for more than the required period and dates, specified in the Protocol governing the 37th America's Cup in 2024. He is currently sailing with the Swiss SailGP...

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Sebastian Vettel and Erik Heil Announce Germany SailGP Team

Two of Germany’s leading sports stars – four-time F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel and double Olympic sailing bronze medallist Erik Heil – came together on Wednesday, alongside team owner Thomas Riedel, to announce the Germany SailGP Team. Germany is the latest nation...

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SailGP: New Zealand Pipped in Grand Final in San Francisco

The New Zealand SailGP Team came away second in a nail-biting grand final race on the San Francisco Bay on Sunday. Defending SailGP champions Australia cemented their third season win, finishing just inches ahead of New Zealand, while Emirates Great Britain rounded...

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SailGP Extends Media Partnership to Shape Global Expansion

SailGP, one of the world’s fastest-growing sports properties, has confirmed a multi-year renewal agreement with management company IMG, a leader in sports, events and media, to continue as the racing league’s global agency and drive the future growth of the league. IMG...

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How Has Covid Reshaped the International Boat Show Scene?

In 2021, I visited the Cannes Yachting Festival a year after the show was postponed in the summer of 2020. That the Cannes boat show, a key event in global yacht marketing, had been shelved hit the boating world like a thunderbolt....

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Video: SailGP Sydney cancelled after freak storm causes chaos

A severe storm that hit Australia this weekend has caused havoc at the technical site of SailGP in Sydney and caused significant damage to the wing sails of Team Canada's F50 catamaran. Footage captured at the site shows chaos unfolding on Saturday...

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Rolex enters 10-season partnership with SailGP

Luxury watch brand Rolex and SailGP have announced a ten-season partnership, extending Rolex’s role as the global presenting partner and as the exclusive official timepiece of the championship through to the end of Season 13. Rolex joined as a presenting partner from...

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New Zealand Claims 3rd Win of Sail GP Season 3 in Singapore

In a gutsy and impressive performance, New Zealand defied the odds to win the Singapore Sail Grand Prix this weekend (January 14-15 2023). Turbulent conditions, stormy skies and fickle winds played havoc on the first day, resulting in a 50-minute delay, four-crew...

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SailGP's Inaugural Singapore Edition Gets Underway

A fleet of nine hydrofoiling catamarans took to the water this morning, racing for two podiums at Parkland Green in Singapore’s East Coast Park during the SailGP weekend (January 14-15 2023). The races are taking place between 2 pm and 3.30 pm...

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France Confirms Late Entry to 37th America’s Cup

The K-Challenge team last challenged for the America’s Cup for the event's 32nd edition in Valencia in 2007.  In a statement released on 3 January, the event organisers confirmed the French challenge would be led by Stephan Kandler and Bruno Dubois –...

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ePropulsion ends 2022 in new headquarters and factory

ePropulsion celebrated its 10th anniversary with the announcement of the expansion of its sales team, new facilities and by moving into new headquarters. The company officially moved into its new corporate headquarters and factory on December 17, 2022. This new 10,000 m2 facility...

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SailGP announces New Zealand title partner

With under 100 days to go until the inaugural New Zealand Sail Grand Prix, SailGP has announced a multi-year, national partnership with Kiwi building supply company ITM. The partnership will see the building supply company become the Title Partner of the ITM...

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SailGP pauses Japan team 'indefinitely' after commercial concerns

Organisers of the SailGP hydrofoiling league have excluded the Japan team ‘indefinitely’, after the Nathan Outteridge-led team failed to make the starting line in the first two races of the season. It's understood the team is struggling due to a shortage of...

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Hannah Mills: 'We need to change the narrative for young women in sailing'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrGW_uXQ4Vs   I fell in love with the sport of sailing at a young age on a family holiday in Cornwall, England. On returning home, I desperately wanted to continue and convinced my parents to sign me up for lessons. In 1996,...

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Asia-Pacific Boating Jul/Aug 2022 issue out now

CLICK HERE AND SAVE 10% OFF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TODAY Every July and August, we focus our bi-monthly print magazine on the incredible sailing scene found across the Asia-Pacific. There's a sailing revival in the air this year, as sailors return to regattas...

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SailGP announces debut event in Asia

SailGP has added Singapore to its Season 3 calendar, making it the first Asian location to host a leg of the SailGP series. Ten teams are competing in Season 3 – including new franchises Canada and Switzerland, and returning nations Australia, Denmark,...

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Winner revealed in Yacht Racing Image 2021 contest

French photographer Loïc Venance has won the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image 2021 contest, for a photograph of sailor Jérémie Beyou taken during the Vendée Globe. The annual contest celebrates some of the best sailing photography of the past year. The winners were...