Diego Botín’s Spain SailGP Team emerged victorious from a rollercoaster weekend on New York’s Hudson River, taking the win at the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix and surging to the top of the overall championship standings.
In front of packed grandstands and a buzzing spectator fleet, Botín and his crew had to dig deep in a range of weather conditions across the two-day event, eventually seeing off Peter Burling’s New Zealand Black Foils and Quentin Delapierre’s France in the three-boat, winner-takes-all final.
“We had a very emotional, up and down day – a good first race, then we struggled through the next two,” Botín reflected afterwards. “But that gave us a bit of momentum. It pushed us in the final and we are so happy to win. In the final, you must go all in and we found our groove. America is a special place for us and it's amazing to win here again.”
