SailGP to race with single fleet for breezy and shifty Sydney event
This weekend’s third event of the 2026 SailGP season in Sydney, Australia will see the 11 foiling F50 catamarans race as a single fleet.
Saturday’s forecast calls for easterly winds in the 12-17-knot-range with the breeze coming off the Vaucluse peninsula likely to be shifty and unpredictable. Conditions on Sunday may be steadier as the wind is expected to shift to the northeast and potentially reduce in velocity slightly. Flat water is expected for both days.
For the second event in a row the SailGP crews have been denied any Friday practice racing, after the threat of thunderstorms meant time on the water has had to be limited to ‘shakedown’ sailing.
The crash between Peter Burling’s Black Foils and Quentin Delapierre’s DS Automobiles 15 seconds after the start of the third race on Saturday at the previous event in Auckland two weekends ago caused serious damage to both boats and saw Louis Sinclair (NZL) and Manon Audinet (FRA) each hospitalised – the …