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Great show 🔥👍⛵🙏
Canada was having the right of way !!!
What a ridiculous end to the race day in the final race, at the final mark.
Biased umpires did not consider that AUS was late (R18) and for Canada R19 and R20 should have been considered. The close proximity of the finish line to the shore (port mark less than a single boat width away from concrete pier) was wrong and was affecting the safety and fairness of the competition.
Is there a story to why a lot of the top USA people are now working for other teams
GBR useless had it Ben Blew it 👎🇬🇧
I guess the fix was in. That wasn't even close to a collision.
I'm not a fan of those black flags lately. The time Phil got black flagged first was Ok, but most of the other penalties (not all though) were overkill imo
American team has fall apart 😢
I don't know why but I just don't like Jimmy Spithill
Spithill – that's professionalism right there..
I love it when its a Sail GP weekend.
I don't know what was worse, listening to the bonehead commentators, or the pathetic umpiring. I am almost done watching this terrible coverage
Congratulations Great Britain Canada and New Zealand
Didn't know Chris Gayle was a fast bowler 🤔…
I can't believe Ben risked that slingshot manoeuvre in Race 5 when everyone who'd tried it before got black-flagged and a mid-fleet finish would have got GBR into the final, with upwards momentum too. 😮
Yea but New Zealand didnt keep clear of the luff by Australia at the finish line. It even looked like contact. Aus should be the winner
Typical bonkers umpiring we've come to know and love with SailGP!
Canada were ROW boat at the last mark but required to give mark room. Both other boats were able to round inside of them without any collisions, so in what way did they fail to give room? Both the other boats were give way to Canada, so were entitled to room to round but no more. "Having their rounding compromised" is not in the rules!
Cracking end to the regatta. Not sure what Ainslie was thinking but ended up being a thrilling final. Ps YouTube. Thanks for bombarding me with adverts every 3 minutes. I am literally never buying good or services from UPS or Boots again.
Glad to see USA was able to find one top-half finish, but not a terribly auspicious start for the new team. Not sure what dictated the course plan, finishing right at the sea wall, but…
This race series is starting to lose credibility with poor umpiring. Marginal call on barging by team GB – a penalty at most, not worthy of a black flag.
Edit to add: I see that SailGP already has a "rules" video, so may as well start linking that in the info for each new video. I still think there could be a more comprehensive video that covers most key rules/terms/strategies.
A suggestion for SailGP (inspired by answering a comment from the previous day)… It would be great if every SailGP video included a link to a resource SailGP video that illustrates the key rules, terminology, and strategies of the sport, broken into video chapters for easy navigation.
I imagine it could be fairly confusing for novice to understand who has the right of way, why it's good strategy for a pointing boat to push out upwind boats at the start, what starboard vs port tacks are etc…
I'd bet that SailGP could make the most exciting video illustrations of rules & strategies that have ever been made for sailing and it could help grow interest for novice viewers, but that's just my 2 cents worth.Thanks for the amazing coverage!
Que ha pasado con el equipo español ??
Wtf is ainslie thinking about , in the one race he just needs a middle of the field finish he goes for the gap that end your race .
Pleasantly surprised to see the Universe boss presenting the trophy
Could someone tell the commentator how to pronounce "Canucks" properly ? "Canooks" grates my Canadian ears every time !
Canada could have won that last race if they'd just held their line after that last turn back towards the finish; instead they swung way over towards the aussies inexplicably, bad call on their part ;-( That wall was way to close to the last marker to even be safe though
thanks Jimmy!
Why is there a woman on every boat?
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Rhodes ist best for sailing
Stop, with the 'Canuck' crap. It is insulting. Do you know what we used to call American atheltes internationally? DFA's 'Dumb F—ing Americans' Start calling them that, and then you can use nicknames for other non-DFAs. Also, it isn't Canuke, it is Canuck as in 'What the —uck is wrong with that commentator.
3 days late. Once results are published viewing loses its thrill. It’s 2024 next year. Let’s hope broadcasts can be as fast as racing.
What a joke of a finish. What the hell happened in race five with all the finished boats drifting back into the race area, the finish line needed to be further off shore.