SailGP : the latest news and investigations from Tip & Shaft.

Blair Tuke and Peter Burling together with Russell Coutts

Peter Burling & Blair Tuke: “It will be a busy next year”

1 October 2020

New Zealand’s hottest sailing duo, Olympic gold medallists and America’s Cup winners, Pete Burling and Blair Tuke will put together a Kiwi crew – entirely independent of Emirates Team New Zealand – for what will effectively be SailGP’s Season 2 starting in April. Campaigning to defend their 49er Olympic title in Tokyo next year, the pair look set to have a busy, carefully structured 2021. But before all that there is the matter of the America’s Cup defence in home waters. Tip & Shaft spoke to Pete and Blair this week…

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Russell Coutts attend beaucoup de la deuxième saison de SailGP

Russell Coutts: “I would expect the F50 will do 53-54kts”

27 February 2020

All eyes will be on Sydney at the end of next week where Season 2 of SailGP kicks off with seven teams, two new. Tip & Shaft caught up with Russell Coutts, soon aged 58, CEO of Sail GP and four times winner of the America’s Cup.

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Loïck Peyron: “I’m like a glider slowly descending”

24 February 2020

After taking part in early February in the “Barrés de la Yole” in Martinique, it was in the garden of a sumptuous villa in Falmouth Bay, Antigua, from where he takes the start this Monday of his first RORC Caribbean 600 with the crew of the Multi 70 PowerPlay (ex MOD70 Paprec Recyclage), that Loïck Peyron replied to some questions from Tip & Shaft for its 200th French issue. The skipper from La Baule, now 60, looked back at his busy 2019 and talked to us about his latest news.

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Billy Besson: “I’ll be going into attack mode”

27 January 2020

15th in the Nacra 17 World Championship in December in Auckland, Billy Besson and Marie Riou learnt in early January that they will not be taking part in the Tokyo Olympics, as the French Federation preferred Quentin Delapierre and Manon Audinet. “A huge disappointment” for the Tahitian who has now put this behind him and is focusing on the second SailGP season, with higher ambitions and changes to the French team. He tells Tip & Shaft about all this.

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An appraisal of the first season of SailGP

30 September 2019

The first season of the SailGP finished last Sunday in Marseille with final victory going to the Australian team (Tom Slingsby) ahead of the Japanese led by Nathan Outteridge. Time for Tip & Shaft to carry out an appraisal of the F50 circuit launched by Larry Ellison/Russell Coutts.

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Phil Robertson: “The level in SailGP is the best of the best”

19 July 2019

New Zealand Phil Robertson, now 32, has just won 10 days ago the World Match Race Championship for a second time, adding to that famous 2016 world title which brought with it a $1m prize. He is now skipper helm of the China SailGP Team which is complemented by GC32 Tour events with the CHINAOne NINGBO team, the emphasis being to help train up a top echelon of Chinese sailors. Tip & Shaft caught up with Robertson as he relaxed at home in Sweden after winning in magical Marstrand and before he heads to Cowes for the next SailGP event.

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SailGP: Two down and what we know?

14 May 2019

The second of the five stages of the SailGP season ended up in San Francisco with the same podium as the first event in Sydney. Victory to the Australians (Tom Slingsby) ahead of the Japanese (Nathan Outterridge) and the visibly improving British (Dylan Fletcher). Tip & Shaft reviews the new circuit launched by Larry Ellison and Russell Coutts.

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Great Britain Sail GP Team: “We lack time sailing the boat”

11 February 2019

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SailGP : les dernières infos Tip & Shaft

Peter Burling & Blair Tuke: “It will be a busy next year”

Russell Coutts: “I would expect the F50 will do 53-54kts”

Loïck Peyron: “I’m like a glider slowly descending”

Billy Besson: “I’ll be going into attack mode”

An appraisal of the first season of SailGP

Phil Robertson: “The level in SailGP is the best of the best”

SailGP: Two down and what we know?

Great Britain Sail GP Team: “We lack time sailing the boat”

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