A sold-out crowd watched from shore as Spain SailGP staff defeated Canada and France to win the Rolex SailGP Championship in San Francisco on Sunday.
The ultimate adopted the seventh fleet race, during which Australia suffered a sudden wing collapse because it approached the beginning line. SailGP confirmed that each one athletes have been accounted for and unhurt, however the reason for the incident isn’t but recognized.
France made the ultimate as a result of injury onboard Australia’s F50 catamaran, which dominated them out in collaborating within the remaining three-boat race.
Australia driver Tom Slingsby described the incident as “heartbreaking.” He careworn that the staff’s precedence was making certain the boat was repaired in time to race in Rio de Janeiro in Might.
“It was a very scary situation – we’re all unharmed and ok, but when something like this happens, you just think is everyone going to get through this,” Slingsby stated in a SailGP press launch.
Slingsby’s staff has received three of SailGP’s 4 visits to San Francisco and was unbeaten right here till Spain clinched the Season 4 championship title final season.
The annual world championship takes place in iconic cities around the globe, with 11 of the 12 nationwide groups competing in 50-foot foiling catamarans which race at speeds over 60 miles per hour. The Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix is the second race in back-to-back occasion weekends to kick off the U.S. slate of occasions for 2025.
Boats from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Emirates Nice Britain, France, Germany, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, and the USA will compete.
To realize these high speeds, the F50’s hydrofoils elevate the boat out of the water to cut back drag, and use a vertically-mounted airplane wing as a sail. Every boat has a crew of 5 members, consisting of a helmsman, wing-trimmer, flight controller and two grinders.
Spain SailGP staff driver Diego Botin, grinder Bernardo Freitas and strategist Nicole van der Velden, from left, have a good time their victory after the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix finals in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 
Fifty-foot foiling catamarans from around the globe head for the beginning line in the course of the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix finals in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 
The Canada SailGP staff races towards France and Spain in the course of the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix remaining in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 
The France and Brazil SailGP groups race in the course of the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix finals in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 
Folks watch from the grandstand because the Spain New Zealand SailGP staff celebrates their victory after the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix remaining in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 
The France SailGP staff, left, races towards Canada and Spain, not pictured, in the course of the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix remaining in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 
The Spain and Canada SailGP groups, from left, race previous Alcatraz Island in the course of the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix remaining in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 
The Spain SailGP staff celebrates as they cross the end line in the course of the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix remaining in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 
The New Zealand SailGP staff passes the broken Australia SailGP staff’s boat, proper, in the course of the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix remaining in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 
The Canada SailGP staff tacks in the course of the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix remaining in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 
Fifty-foot foiling catamarans from around the globe head for the beginning line in the course of the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix remaining in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 
The Spain SailGP staff celebrates their victory after the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix remaining in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 
The France SailGP staff, left, races towards Canada, proper, and Spain in the course of the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix remaining in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 
The Spain New Zealand SailGP staff celebrates as they strategy the end line forward of the French SailGP staff in the course of the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix remaining in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 
A Spanish flag is waved because the Spain New Zealand SailGP staff celebrates their victory after the Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix remaining in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
