Photos & Video: Opening Day Of 2024 SailGP

Tom Slingsby’s Australia SailGP Team emerged victorious on the opening day of the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix.

A spokesperson said, “After crashing out in the previous event, Tom Slingsby’s Australia SailGP Team completely dominated the opening day of the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix. In perfect foiling conditions on Bermuda’s Great Sound, the Aussies secured two race wins and a third to firmly secure the top spot on the event leaderboard ahead of Canada and Rockwool Denmark.

“Drama started before the fleet took to the Great Sound with the official news that Taylor Canfield’s US SailGP Team would not be on the startline for racing this weekend after the teams’ dramatic capsize in yesterday’s official practice racing. Data provided by the United States F50 defined the cause of the capsize as ‘user error’ – when wing trimmer Victor Diaz de Leon pressed a button which inverted the wing by accident when he was …