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Default VIDEO: Harder than it looks,,How to Tack and Gybe an F50 //SailGP

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VIDEO: Harder than it looks

How to Tack and Gybe an F50 // SailGP
Published on July 26th, 2019

After three events during the inaugural SailGP season, the six
international teams are sorting out the best techniques for sailing the
identical wing-powered, foiling F50 catamarans. In this video, Great
Britain SailGP Team’s CEO and wing trimmer Chris Draper explains the
steps for tacking and gybing.

SailGP details – Team rosters – Results – Where to watch – Facebook

ABOUT SAILGP:
Established in 2018 and headquartered in London and San Francisco,
SailGP seeks to be an annual, global sports league featuring
fan-centric, inshore racing in some of the iconic harbors around the
globe and culminates with a $1 million winner-takes-all match race.
Rival national teams from Australia, China, France, Great Britain,
Japan, and the United States battle it out in identical wing-powered,
foiling F50 catamarans, engineered to exceed 50 knots.

2019 Schedule
Sydney, Australia (February 15-16)
San Francisco, USA (May 4-5)
New York, USA (June 21-22)
Cowes, UK (August 10-11)
Marseille, France (September 20-22)




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Tags: Chris Draper, F50, SailGP


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