SailGP Season 2 will kick off in April 2021 featuring an expanded calendar through to March 2022. The opening events are set for the island of Bermuda and the southern Italian city of Taranto. From there the league will stay in Europe with events in Great Britain in mid-July, Denmark in August and France in September. The final event of the European leg is set for Cádiz in Andalusia, Spain, in October.
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Peter Burling
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SailGP Season 2 is scheduled to begin on 25th April. The series ‘Racing on the Edge’ looks back at an exciting and high-paced first season.
In Season 2 we can look forward to more action and high drama. America’s Cup skippers, Peter Burling (SailGPNZ), Jimmy Spithill (SailGPAus) and Ben Ainslie (SailGPGBR) will battle it out head to head. -
Emirates Team New Zealand has done it again – lifting the Auld Mug in victory of the 36th America’s Cup. This Match was in effect the pride of a nation versus the heart of a nation. But where to next?
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Peter Burling is no stranger to sailing at the highest level. Whether it’s competing in the Olympics, The Ocean Race or the America’s Cup as pilot of Emirates Team New Zealand. It’s therefore no surprise that he has been recognised for these achievements in the form of one of the most prestigious awards in sailing – the Magnus Olsson Prize.
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This week OFFWATCH chats to Peter Burling and Blair Tuke. Their CV is impressive: Olympic gold medal winners in the 49er, America’s Cup winners in 2017 with Emirates Team New Zealand, and of course they both sailed in the last edition of The Ocean Race – Peter on Team Brunel, and Blair aboard MAPFRE.
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Take a walk through time as we look at the evolution of generating power in The America’s Cup – from 1:1 pulleys in the 19th century to the flying machines powered by physical strength in 2021.