SailGP will bring major excitement to New York Harbor over Summer Sailstice weekend as ten countries compete in the 12th of 13 global events. Sailings best professional athletes will fly over the water at 60+ mph speeds on identical 50-ft catamarans.
Are you going to be on the water for this major sailing event? Go to the SailGP Summer Sailstice event and click the blue "Join" button to let us know.
Competing countries and their season championship standings after 11 events:
- 1st: New Zealand, 83 pts
- 2nd: Spain, 72 pts
- 3rd: Australia, 71 pts
- 4th: France, 65 pts
- 5th: Denmark, 65 pts
- 6th: Great Britain, 58 pts
- 7th: Canada, 58 pts
- 8th: United States, 50 pts
- 9th: Germany, 35 pts
- 10th: Switzerland, 28 pts
Each SailGP event features six fleet races, but don't go to the bar to get a drink; each race has a 16 minute time limit after which the race is terminated and scoring is awarded as long as at least one boat has reached the established scoring distance. The SailGP scoring system awards points for each race over all events and are tallied to determine the top three boats that will compete for the winner-takes-all Season Grand Final in San Francisco Bay on July 13-14.
If you can't make it to New York for the Sail Grand Prix, you can find many other opportunities to join a race or view one during Summer Sailstice. Here's a sampling from our World Map:
Newport Bermuda Race - Newport, RI
Race to the Manitou Islands - Ontario, Canada
Annual J-Stop Weekend Regatta - San Francisco, CA
Edgartown Race Weekend - Edgartown, MA
CreekFleet Sailing Club Regatta - Shelby Township, MI
IOD World Championship - Hanko, Norway
There's still time to put your sailing club's race on the map and invite others to join or watch. Simply go to our Events page on our website and enter the details. Share the link with your friends and family and encourage everyone to get out and race, cruise and SAIL on Summer Sailstice.
