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Retired F1 champ Vettel to help lead new German team in Ellison's SailGP
DUSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Retired four-time Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel and double Olympic sailing bronze medalist Erik Heil will help lead the new Germany SailGP Team in tech tycoon Larry Ellison's global league. Vettel will be a co-investor alongside team owner Thomas...
Russian sailors offered limited option to qualify for Paris Olympics
GENEVA (AP) — Russian and Belarusian sailors are set to get their only path to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics at a last-chance event in France next year – an option described as “madness” by Russia’s top sailing official on Wednesday. The World Sailing governing body...
123-year-old schooner will be leaving Maine after auction sale
ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — A 123-year-old schooner that was once declared the “Official Windjammer of Maine” by state lawmakers has new owners, and will be leaving Maine. Two brothers who are lifelong sailors had the winning bid this week for the Victory Chimes, which is on the...
Aussie Slingsby beats Kiwi rival Burling in $1M SailGP final
Tom Slingsby of Team Australia held on through a few tense moments after his catamaran fell off its foils and then prevailed over rival Peter Burling of New Zealand in a short dash to the finish to claim his third straight $1 million, winner-take-all SailGP season championship Sunday on San...
British star Ainslie makes bid for SailGP's $1M Grand Final
British sailing star Sir Ben Ainslie strengthened his chances of reaching the $1 million, winner-take-all Grand Final of SailGP's third season with finishes of second, first and second in the San Francisco regatta on Saturday. Ainslie's Emirates Great Britain team came into the...
Slingsby, Aussies go for SailGP 3-peat and another $1M
Sometime late Sunday afternoon on San Francisco Bay, with the Golden Gate Bridge looming in the background, one of the world's best sailing crews will spray each other with Champagne and be handed a check for $1 million as the champion of SailGP's third season. Odds favor it being...
Around-the-world regatta runs into giant seaweed flotilla
A 5,000-mile-long flotilla of seaweed stretching from Africa to the Gulf of Mexico is slowing the boats in the around-the-world Ocean Race as they make their way from Brazil to Newport, Rhode Island. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is getting caught on the boats’ rudders, foils...
SailGP to make Los Angeles debut, return to New York
The SailGP global league will make its Los Angeles debut as well as return to New York during Season 4, which will feature 12 regattas on four continents. The expanded schedule, announced Wednesday, will feature four regattas in the United States starting with the season opener off...
