SailGP cancels Brazil event as wingsail defect causes safety concerns

SailGP cancels Brazil event as wingsail defect causes safety concerns

SailGP will have to wait a bit longer before making its debut in Rio de Janeiro. The global foiling league has cancelled its upcoming event in Brazil,...

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📰 SailGP cancels Brazil event as wingsail defect causes safety concerns

By Christopher Reive SailGP will have to wait a bit longer before making its debut in Rio de Janeiro. The global foiling league has cancelled its upcoming event in Brazil, scheduled for the first weekend of May, after the dramatic wingsail collapse suffered by the Australian team in San Francisco late last month. The league made the call after identifying a defect in select wingsails across the fleet of F50 foiling catamarans and will instead wo…

SailGP cancels event due to wing defect

After identifying a defect in select wingsails across the F50 fleet, the SailGP league has canceled the next Season 5 event - planned for May 3-4 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - in order to facilitate required repairs. Racing will resume on June 7-8 in New York, NY. The issue was discovered following testing and analysis of the Australia SailGP Team’s wingsail collapse that occurred at the San Francisco event on March 22-23. SailGP CEO Russell Coutt…

SailGP Rio event canceled to facilitate wingsail repairs

After identifying a defect in select wingsails across the F50 fleet, SailGP has made the difficult decision to cancel next month’s Rio event

SailGP Rio event cancelled to facilitate wingsail repairs

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