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    WIZARDS IN OZ

    Apr 09, 2020 5 minutes

    SailGP first blasted onto the sailing scene in February 2019 with six F50 foiling catamarans (an upgraded version of the AC50s sailed in the 2017 America’s Cup) – the fastest one-design boats in the world. As fans will know, the fleet raced in iconic venues around the globe, under a nationality rule, in a series funded by Larry Ellison and run by Sir Russell Coutts. They certainly had our attention.

    SERIES RECAP

    In season one, two teams stacked with Bermuda veterans – Tom Slingsby and his Australian Team and Nathan Outteridge with Team Japan – dominated the circuit. Still, the new teams from China, Great Britain, France and the USA improved rapidly. Shared telemetry from all the boats, meant they could quickly learn to tack like

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