{"id":80837,"date":"2025-02-11T13:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=80837"},"modified":"2025-02-11T13:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:48:11","slug":"british-sailgp-team-tops-sydney-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/racing\/british-sailgp-team-tops-sydney-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"British SailGP Team Tops Sydney Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JB2_9214-1024x652.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image disable-lazyload\" alt=\"Rolex SailGP Championship Event 3 Season 2025 Australia\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JB2_9214-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JB2_9214-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JB2_9214-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JB2_9214.jpg 1200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Germany SailGP Team presented by Deutsche Bank helmed by Erik Heil ahead of Switzerland SailGP Team helmed by Sebastien Schneiter and New Zealand SailGP Team helmed by Peter Burling during tight racing on Race Day 1 of the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix in Sydney, Australia.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Jon Buckle\/SailGP<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Emirates Great Britain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailgp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SailGP<\/a> Team claimed its first 2025 Season victory on Championship Sunday in Sydney. The win was also a first for helmsman Dylan Fletcher after a hard-fought three-boat showdown against the Northstar Canada SailGP Team, which finished second, and hometown favorites, Australia in third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe id=\"x8aa2rgac1\" src=\"https:\/\/Sailingworld.dragonforms.com\/x8aa2rgac1\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:165px;border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Much of the Final saw Fletcher jostle for first with the man he replaced at the start of the season \u2013 Canadian helmsman and double Olympic gold medalist, Giles Scott. Fletcher claimed a narrow defeat, rounding the last mark just meters ahead of Scott to claim victory in front of thousands of cheering fans watching from Shark Island and the official spectator fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrating, Fletcher said, \u201cPersonally it&#8217;s massive where we\u2019ve come \u2013 from the start of SailGP in 2019, where I began my journey. To return and win here is amazing. I&#8217;m just really proud of the whole team and how they&#8217;ve included me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emirates Great Britain Team CEO Sir Ben Ainslie agreed: \u201cWhat an amazing race,\u201d he said, continuing, \u201cI\u2019m so proud of them. Dylan has done brilliantly \u2013 he\u2019s world class and that\u2019s why we wanted to get him into this game. He\u2019s got a top team around him and what\u2019s impressive is how quickly he\u2019s gelled into this group.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JL1_4786-1024x665.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Podium at the Rolex SailGP Championship Event 3 Season 2025\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JL1_4786-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JL1_4786-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JL1_4786-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JL1_4786.jpg 1200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Luke Parkinson, flight controller of Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team, Nick Hutton, grinder of Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team, Dylan Fletcher, driver of Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team, Martin Sheppard, National Chairman &#8211; KPMG Australia, Neil Hunter, grinder of Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team, Iain Jensen, wing trimmer of Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team, and Hannah Mills, strategist of Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team, on the podium after Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team win the final race on Race Day 2 of the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix in Sydney, Australia. Sunday 9 February 2025. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 3 Season 2025.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Jason Ludlow\/SailGP<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Conceding the loss of his home title, Australia SailGP Team helmsman Tom Slingsby said, \u201cHonestly, the British did a really good tack on us up that first beat. Their timing was perfect. We&#8217;ve been sailing so well as a team, and have a lot to be proud of. I&#8217;m just sorry to the fans. I think everyone thought we were a shoe in, but it didn\u2019t quite go our way and that&#8217;s sport.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Australians finished on the podium in every race this weekend, showing clearly that they remain one of the league\u2019s form teams. SailGP once again adopted its \u2018Super Sunday\u2019 format in Sydney \u2013 three 11-boat fleet races followed by a winner-takes-all final. The first fleet race went to the Brits, with Fletcher taking an early lead, sailing to victory ahead of the Kiwis in second and Australia in third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Fleet Race 6, the <em>Black Foils<\/em> took their first race win of the weekend ahead of Canada and Australia but it wasn\u2019t enough to keep the Kiwis in the hunt after a disappointing opening day, in which the team accumulated just 7 points on the event leaderboard. New Zealand came eighth in Sydney, bumping the team off the podium and into fourth in the overalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the seventh and final Fleet Race of the weekend, Denmark once again narrowly missed out in a tight battle for third, with the Black Foils playing spoiler for the Danish crew, twice forcing additional maneuvers, causing the crew to struggle to keep up, falling behind the Canadians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BB708163-1024x646.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Rolex SailGP Championship Event 3 Season 2025 Australia\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BB708163-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BB708163-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BB708163-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BB708163.jpg 1200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Australia SailGP Team helmed by Tom Slingsby, France SailGP Team helmed by Quentin Delapierre, Canada NorthStar SailGP Team helmed by Giles Scott, Spain SailGP Team helmed by Diego Botin and New Zealand SailGP Team helmed by Peter Burling in action ahead of the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix in Sydney, Australia. Friday 7 February 2025. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 3 Season 2025.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Bob Martin\/SailGP<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Rockwool Denmark SailGP Team helmsman Nicolai Sehested said, \u201cIt\u2019s a bit frustrating missing out on another final. We made some mistakes, but we&#8217;re happy that we can finish fourth in a weekend that feels good for us.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the points from Sydney now tallied, Emirates Great Britain has bolstered in the Rolex SailGP 2025 Season leaderboard, with 27 points. Australia is now second overall with 24 points and Spain rounds out the podium in third with 20 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US SailGP Team did not race the event after capsizing before the regatta and causing extensive damage to the team\u2019s wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JL1_7929_1-1024x675.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"SailGP French team\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JL1_7929_1-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JL1_7929_1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JL1_7929_1-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JL1_7929_1.jpg 1200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">The French team of SailGP finally made their appearance after boat-building delays in the first two events and had its challenges handling the F50 and its new T Foils.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Jason Ludlow\/SailGP<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Next up, all eyes turn to the U.S. slate of events \u2013 a triple header in Los Angeles (March 16-17, 2025), San Francisco (March 23-24, 2025) and New York (June 8-9, 2025) \u2013 plus an iconic first stop in the stunning Rio de Janeiro, May 4-5, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With teams still coming to grips with the F50 and its new foil and wing configurations, it was the British squad that emerged at the top in 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