SailGP Explained: Match Racing

Expert commentator Shirley Robertson explains the tactics behind a match race start, as demonstrated in this practice race between the United States SailGP Team and the Australia SailGP Team.

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The fan-centric, inshore racing takes place in some of the most 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 supercharged F50 catamarans, engineered for intense racing at electrifying speeds exceeding 50 knots (nearly 60 mph).