{"id":81231,"date":"2025-03-17T15:05:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=81231"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:32:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:32:26","slug":"canadians-can-first-sailgp-season-win-in-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/racing\/canadians-can-first-sailgp-season-win-in-la\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadians Can First SailGP Season Win in LA"},"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=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RP1_9274-1024x701.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Rolex SailGP Championship Event 4 Season 2025 Los Angeles\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RP1_9274-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RP1_9274-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RP1_9274-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RP1_9274.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\">Canada NorthStar SailGP Team helmed by Giles Scott on Race Day 2 of the Rolex Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix held in the Port of Los Angeles.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Ricardo Pinto for SailGP<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>With lighter winds on the second and final day of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailgp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SailGP<\/a>\u2019s Los Angeles stop, the racecourse was shrunk to an astonishingly small theater for the 11 F50s. With barely 600 meters between the leeward and windward marks there was little to no room for error and even less for pulling off perfect maneuvers. With teams required to sail four-up, the racing was purely manic and luck-laden for all\u2014except, of course, the one team capable of pulling off a winning start.<\/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>The first day was equally frantic in the Port of Los Angeles with full foiling conditions and 12 teams crammed onto stadium-style racecourse (there were 12 until Denmark\u2019s Team Rockwool took itself out of the regatta in the first race after clipping a leeward mark with its port T-foil). And it was consistency on the first day that ultimately put Northstar Canada in position to claim its first regatta win of the 2025 Season.<\/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=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/JJ097210-1024x611.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Canada NorthStar SailGP Team\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/JJ097210-1024x611.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/JJ097210-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/JJ097210-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/JJ097210.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\">Canada NorthStar SailGP Team celebrate on stage with Barons De Rothschild Champagne after Canada NorthStar SailGP Team win the Rolex Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix held in the Port of Los Angeles.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Jed Jacobsohn for SailGP<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>The Canadian team\u2019s British helmsman Giles Scott, his fellow countryman and veteran wing trimmer Paul Campbell-James, flight controller Billy Gooderham, and strategist Annie Haeger (past US Olympic 470 sailor) were the foursome that delivered a decisive win in the three-boat finale after catching and then passing New Zealand\u2019s Black Foils team with impressively smooth boathandling in the marginal foiling conditions. The Canadians posted the best fly time (99 percent) in the Final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The surprising of the weekend was that of the Australian SailGP\u2019s team\u2019s uncharacteristic struggles. They were third in the fleet race standings after seven races, but were promptly shot out the back at the start in the Final.<\/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=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FD1_9986-1024x700.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"USA SailGP Team\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FD1_9986-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FD1_9986-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FD1_9986-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FD1_9986.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\">USA SailGP Team helmed by Taylor Canfield in action ahead of France SailGP Team and Spain SailGP Team during racing on Race Day 1 of the Rolex Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix Felix Diemer for SailGP.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Felix Diemer for SailGP<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>\u201cI forgot how to start today,\u201d said skipper Tom Slingsby. \u201cStarts were a real problem for me. It\u2019s amazing how that can go from your biggest strength to your biggest weakness in a matter of weeks. While our results are good for season&nbsp;standings, we came here to win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emirates GBR, the season leader, came on strong on Sunday, winning two of three races to almost make the Final. In the seventh race the Australians denied them a place in the Final with a miraculous pass of the American team on the short final leg into the finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was certainly a bit of a rollercoaster of emotions after we crossed the finish line with the win in that last race,\u201d said skipper Dylan Fletcher. \u201cWe thought the Americans had done it and they were going to take the Aussies, but they said they stuffed their last tack which left it open, hats off to the Aussies they did a great job in that race. It\u2019s obviously disappointing to miss out on the final by just one point, but I\u2019m really proud of how the team came out swinging today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s Black Foils dominated the first two fleet races of the regatta, picking up where they left off at the previous event in Sydney, but they too had their struggles when trying to claw back places after a few poor starts. Still, finishing second in fleet races had them sliding into the Final as the favorite. They slingshot off the starting line and appeared to run away with the win, but the Canadians simply sailed a better race with cleaner maneuvers and overtook them halfway through the six-leg race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canadian win in LA shuffled the middle of the leaderboard, moving Northstar from sixth to fourth and the Black foils from fourth to third behind Australia and Emirates GBR.<\/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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SB2_2537-1024x676.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Rolex SailGP Championship Event 4 Season 2025 Los Angeles\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SB2_2537-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SB2_2537-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SB2_2537-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SB2_2537.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\">Rockwool Denmark SailGP Team helmed by Nicolai Sehested was in fine form until clipping a mark and damaging the port T-foil. The collision ended the regatta for the Danish team.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Simon Bruty for SailGP<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>The U.S. SailGP Team, which finished ninth overall, picked up their second event point of the season. Improved results in Saturday\u2019s windy races buoyed hopes of a better final result, but Sunday\u2019s races knocked them to ninth overall. The team\u2019s strategist and CEO Mike Buckley said they were disappointed in the results. They didn\u2019t have the best starts, he added, but it \u201cshowed showed we could pass boats around the racecourse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fleet heads to San Francisco for the second regatta of the US \u201cdoubleheader with racing scheduled for March 22-23. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian squad found its groove in the tight confines of the Rolex Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix racecourse to earn its first season win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":81264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Dave Reed","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"","arc_website_url":"","custom_permalink":"","arc_subtype":"","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":false,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":true,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","ad_targeting":"","ad_settings_ads_on_this_page":true,"ad_settings_automatic_ad_injection_into_the_content":true,"sponsored_url":"","social_share":true,"alternate_title_newsletter":"","alternate_content_newsletter":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[1446,2969],"class_list":["post-81231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-racing","tag-sailgp","tag-sailgp-season-5"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}