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SailGP 2026 : Après SailGP Wrapping Up Racing in Perth 🇦🇺
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00:00Welcome to the Wrap-Up Show as the 2026 season of SailGP gets underway in Western Australia.
00:07It's event number one, the Oracle Perth Sail Grand Prix, presented by KPMG, and it literally got off to a bang.
00:16And there's been a huge crash.
00:24Brilliant stop.
00:25And a big crash in the middle.
00:28All three boats in the front, over 90 kilometers an hour.
00:32Oh my gosh.
00:33There it is.
00:35Go!
00:36It's go time in Fremantle.
00:38Emirates GBR over the 2026 season with a spectacular title defense.
00:43So much to break down on a great opening weekend.
00:46I'm joined by my two colleagues, of course, the former Emirates GBR athlete Hannah Diamond and Olympian Stevie Morrison.
00:52Guys, I want to get your takeaways, Stevie.
00:53What impressed you the most over this weekend?
00:55Just how tight it is.
00:56I mean, you can clearly see some teams have had some really good improvements in the offseason.
01:00There's going to be no margin for errors.
01:02And for you, Hannah?
01:03It was just such amazing conditions in Perth.
01:06You know, strong winds, difficult to sail the boat, but some close action and amazing weekend of racing.
01:11I learned something new this weekend.
01:12The Fremantle doctor was definitely working this weekend.
01:14All right, it all came down to the final, and the teams that made it into the event final were DS Team France, the Bonds Flying Roos, and last year's champions, Emirates Great Britain.
01:24And the British had really got control about 30 seconds out.
01:27They decided when the boats would accelerate.
01:29And I think when you'd lead that acceleration, the time it plays out, it turned into a boat length advantage, and they had control.
01:34And then they were able to slingshot down at Mark 1 and really took a pretty commanding position straight away, Hannah.
01:41Yeah, they did.
01:41It's a bit of a risk to start at the bottom of the line, but I really think that one of the big things is not being on that outside at Mark 1.
01:47So by taking the inside line, they were able to choose when they did their jive, not only for the strategy at the bottom, but also with the sea state being so tricky, they had to pick their time with the waves as well.
01:56Yeah, and then ultimately from there on in, they just did a really nice job of keeping things tight.
02:00I mean, it was a bit of a flip-flop race between these two, where the French were definitely all out, but slingsby, I mean, he showed that he's not willing to give an inch wherever he is in the race.
02:09It was pretty much done for the race win from that first upwind leg, and for Stuart Biffle, you heard the excitement in his voice, new wing trimmer, and that's some job coming in and rejoining the team and making a win.
02:19Yeah, definitely not easy.
02:20The pressure was on him this weekend, but he seems to have fitted into the team really nicely.
02:23And then a super close finish between DS Team France and the Bonds Flying Roos for second and third.
02:27And you've got to wonder if that one point right there is going to make a difference, as the Bonds Flying Roos get second, they get nine points.
02:34Third place goes to DS Team France, they get eight points.
02:39Afterwards, the celebration was definitely on.
02:41This team knows how to do it, and we had an opportunity to catch up to winning driver Dylan Fletcher and his strategist, Hannah Mills.
02:50Congratulations, Hannah, congratulations.
02:52Reigning champs coming into this season.
02:54You've just called your first season win, sorry, your first event win here in Perth.
02:57How does it feel?
02:58Absolutely incredible to start the season off here in Perth and with a win.
03:02It felt like we've been getting stronger and stronger on each day, and today was just sensational.
03:06The conditions really got messy in that second race there, and it looked like, from your perspective, it could be pretty rough out there, pushing the limits.
03:13What were the conditions like on board?
03:15Yeah, it's full on, you know.
03:16I feel like it's super bumpy, the breeze is obviously up there, a lot of boats on the race course, a very tight race course at the bottom.
03:23So, all on, to be honest, to get the boats around the race course safely, but yeah, we pushed hard, and it was amazing to come away with the win.
03:28A sold-out event here with thousands of people lining the shore and the beaches.
03:32What was that like from on board the boat?
03:34Absolutely stunning, you know.
03:35I think really Perth here, Fremant, really showed what it's made for, and that natural amphitheatre, and seeing the crowd, especially for Parco being the homeboy, it was absolutely amazing.
03:45Auckland up next, the momentum is all in your corner.
03:47How do you maintain that going through the season?
03:49Oh, it's such a long season, you know.
03:51We always talk about it.
03:51There's so many events.
03:52LGP is just full of surprises, so you've got to take the wins when they come and just keep building as a team throughout the season.
03:58Obviously, Stewie's come in with a team as wing trimmer and done a phenomenal job getting up to speed, but we still feel like we've got so much to learn.
04:06Congratulations.
04:06We'll see you in Auckland.
04:07Thank you, guys.
04:10So, very happy for Dylan Fletcher and Hannah Mills.
04:13Hannah Diamond, I want to go back to day number one.
04:15It wasn't their best day, and they came out a little slow out of the gate.
04:18How did they manage to put themselves in this winning position?
04:21Well, I think it shows that consistency really counts, and the top-end conditions of day two, the cream really rose to the top.
04:27In those conditions, and it is really hard to sail the boat, so I don't think we really get a feel of that from watching it.
04:32The movement of the boat is so violent, and experience really shows in those conditions.
04:37Stevie, at one point, I think you were talking to Lisa Darmanin down on the water, and you were saying,
04:40is it just me, or the British just look really fast?
04:42And it seemed like on day two, they turned the page, and they just found a new gear.
04:46Yeah, I think it was quite specific kind of conditions.
04:50They definitely had found a sort of magic setup, I think.
04:52I think there's quite a lot on what Luke Parkinson, the flight controller, was doing,
04:56and how accurate he was able to be in those bumpy conditions in terms of flying the boat.
05:00But no doubt, it was very encouraging for that key relationship with Stuart and him.
05:05No question about it.
05:06Emirates GBR picking off where they left off, and what a performance.
05:10You come out of Abu Dhabi with a win.
05:13They celebrate seven weeks ago, and to come back to get it done in the fashion that they did, very impressive.
05:18And I think the rest of the fleet certainly took notice.
05:20All right, one of the other big stories that we had all weekend long was the return of Nathan Outeridge.
05:26And not necessarily a new team, new face.
05:28He's been around SailGP for a long time, but it is a new squad in Artemis, Sweden.
05:32How impressed were you, especially on day number one, what they did?
05:34I think it was super impressive and really speaks to the experience that they've got on board.
05:38It does take a little bit of time sometimes to gel as a team,
05:41but I think they've got enough experience on board,
05:43and it's a pretty exciting prospect for the rest of the season.
05:45There's going to be much more of Nathan Outeridge, Chris Draper, and that squad,
05:49Stevie's gone, because they showed they got two wins on day one as a quote-unquote new team.
05:53Yeah, I mean, you know, so much talent on that boat and experience.
05:56I was surprised how well they did yesterday, to be honest.
05:58I thought Nathan in and around that many boats when you haven't raced for a while.
06:02But, you know, we had Nathan, and, you know, he's got Draper there.
06:05He's got Andy Maloney.
06:06You know, Julia, they've all been racing, and they did look really, really strong.
06:09They were very fast when they needed to be.
06:11And there were some standout performers on that first day.
06:13I mean, I actually thought the US SailGP team, you know, they've had a pretty tough start to it.
06:19You know, their last season was poor, let's be honest, was really quite poor.
06:21But to have that kind of consistency that the US team did yesterday
06:25does show that they've been moving things the right way.
06:28Yeah, and I think it shows how much it's possible to learn between the seasons when there's no sailing.
06:32None of the sailors have had access to the boats over the last seven weeks.
06:35They turned up in Perth, and I think, you know, there were some questions asked about the makeup of their team.
06:39They didn't make any changes from their sailing roster, and they must have done a lot of work in the offseason
06:45to make sure that they're making the steps they need to make to put them closer to the top of the fleet.
06:50US SailGP, after day number one, was in a top three position.
06:53They fell off the pace in day number two, but, Stevie, they finished fifth overall.
06:57So if you're Taylor Canfield and that crew, I think they're going to take that as a win
07:00compared to where they finished last year.
07:02Yeah, I mean, it's a long season, and, you know, they've got to make small gains.
07:05They weren't as good today, but then they won't have sailed in those conditions today.
07:08Yesterday was a slightly calmer day.
07:09I think that's why new teams like Artemis could actually get things done.
07:14And for the US, they showed some of those learnings for last season had come in, you know,
07:17and we see the bombs flying roos there.
07:18You know, teams had challenges.
07:20Glenn Ashby said he was feeding the cows like two days ago,
07:23and they'd come in, done wind control, having not sailed for a couple of years.
07:26You know, well, maybe who knew that was the way to train, you know?
07:29Feed the cows.
07:29There you go.
07:30I won't say who, but someone in this group said, watch out for DS Team France.
07:34They're really good in high winds, and they showed up indeed.
07:36This is a team, but whenever there's breeze, they've got to be a factor.
07:40Yeah, that's right.
07:41And yesterday, their starting technique was the one,
07:45but I think it shows the level of the fleet and how fast you have to evolve,
07:48because today it didn't give them such an advantage.
07:51But one thing I think we can take away from the weekend from them is
07:53whenever you see them sailing, they are locked in.
07:56You see a lot of the other boats, they're a little bit more erratic.
07:59They lose control a little bit.
08:00With the French in the stronger winds, you can just see them stand out through the fleet,
08:05because everything is so rock solid.
08:07Stevie, we don't get too carried away, but there were some standout performances.
08:10You mentioned Glenn Ashby getting a late call.
08:11He pops in.
08:12They make the final.
08:13Stuart Bithell's also got to be on that list.
08:15Yeah, for me, I mean, I said in several things, I think to come in,
08:19it's what an opportunity for him to come in as wing trimmer with the defending champions
08:23and to get involved.
08:24We see, you know, Stuart knows how to celebrate when he does.
08:27But to come in, I felt he was the most under-pressure athlete in the league.
08:30You know, you're coming into the championship team.
08:32If you don't do well, then, well, who's that showing is the problem?
08:35It shows you are.
08:36Well, they've come out and won.
08:37So, you know, that is seriously impressive.
08:40I think they'll look at yesterday when it was a bit lighter,
08:44and they'll think, OK, we've got a lot to work on.
08:45Hannah alluded to that in the interview.
08:47But they'll be really happy to actually get kind of the monkey off Stuart's back.
08:50All right, so in the end, it is Emirates GBR that get the win.
08:53The Bonds Flying Roos finish in second place,
08:56and DS Team French, they finish in third.
08:58Arminous goes fourth, and US Sail GP rounding out the top five
09:01as we turn the page on Perth,
09:03and we now set our sights on Auckland and the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix.
09:09The city of sales will once again transform into the city of Sail GP.
09:16With the race stadium set to be even bigger in 2026,
09:20tens of thousands of fans will be on their feet
09:23for Peter Burling and Blair Tewks' Black Foils.
09:27Sailing is rooted deep in Auckland's history.
09:31So get ready for where thousands roar as one.
09:37And that will be an absolute brilliant event.
09:40Remember last year, the massive crowds that turned out in Auckland, Stevie.
09:43I guess the big question is,
09:45will the Black Foils and Los Giles be ready?
09:47Will their boats be repaired in time?
09:49Well, I seriously hope they're going to be repaired in time, Todd.
09:51I mean, I think there's a lot of work to be done.
09:54The tech teams seem like magicians sometimes,
09:57and they're very, well, unfortunately,
09:58they're very experienced at fixing these boats from bad incidents.
10:02But yeah, I mean, I think it's essential that they're there, aren't they?
10:05I mean, you know, Pete and Blair, they're national heroes.
10:08You know, so the crowd we see in Auckland's huge.
10:11I need the Black Foils to be back, you know, competing wherever they sit in the fleet,
10:15but it's normally towards the top.
10:17And that's what the league needs.
10:17We need the best sailors.
10:18And to not have that Spanish team and the Kiwi team racing this weekend was a real shame.
10:23Not to focus on the negative, but let's go back and take a look at that incident.
10:26It was day number one.
10:27It was between the Black Foils of New Zealand and the Swiss.
10:30Stevie, you're going to take us through this with the magic of telestration.
10:33And I know we talked to Peter Burling in the race.
10:36He wasn't so sure it was their fault.
10:37He said it was an umpire's decision.
10:39I thought it was pretty clear.
10:40Yeah, I mean, it's pretty clear from a rules perspective.
10:42Now, of course, you know, rules are one thing.
10:44But we see the boat set up here,
10:46and we can see we've got the Swiss turning onto starboard tack there.
10:49The Kiwis, there's that little delay.
10:51Now, for a lot of people, you might think, you know,
10:52that happened all so quickly, the contact in there.
10:55But it was, unfortunately, from a Kiwi perspective, quite black and white.
10:58We're on board.
10:59We pause it.
10:59We see the gap between the two boats,
11:01and the Swiss are about to turn,
11:03and Blair Touk is only just getting up and leaving here.
11:07You can see here, there you go, Blair's getting up.
11:09That's a little bit of practice required on that one.
11:11We can see Blair's getting up there.
11:12He's got to run across.
11:13He really needed to have been set up earlier.
11:15They had been talking about the French boat coming in
11:18and some other boats further out to the side of the course out there.
11:21But, yeah, the Swiss were setting up,
11:23and they needed to have matched that.
11:24So as we run the video forward,
11:26we start to see now, and we see the Swiss team turn.
11:29Blair's going, and then the board's going down on the black foils,
11:32and it's only just on the lock now,
11:33and he needed to turn earlier.
11:35So what I think is you can turn the boat without the foils being down.
11:39Okay?
11:40That's the key moment.
11:41You're going to lose performance,
11:42but, well, you're going to lose an awful lot more performance
11:44when, actually, you lose that, you know?
11:46So I kind of feel like he had an opportunity.
11:49It wasn't much of an opportunity,
11:51but they weren't on the on-board comms talking about matching the Swiss.
11:55They were talking about it's going to get tight
11:56with the French coming in and some other boats from that side,
11:59but I think their eyes needed to be on the Swiss.
12:01Yeah?
12:01It's tight, but this is tight, tight racing.
12:04So, you know, Pete's the best
12:06because he can rub these things off
12:07and see that, you know, that's what I did,
12:09and he'll come back stronger.
12:10I know for sure he'll look at that,
12:12and they'll debrief it,
12:13and, you know, maybe they won't agree with me.
12:14That's just fine.
12:15But I think maybe they could have spun the boat
12:17without the foil right down.
12:18but I think if you drop back four or five seconds,
12:21you've got to be watching
12:22for when that person leaves the cockpit on the Swiss boat,
12:25and then you set up.
12:26We're matching jibes with the Swiss.
12:28Hannah, it's not always easy,
12:29but do you agree with Stevie?
12:30Yeah, I completely agree with Stevie,
12:32and I think it's so easy to have, you know,
12:35a lapse of concentration or attention
12:37in the right place at the right time.
12:39There's so much going on,
12:40especially that bottom gate.
12:41We saw a lot of convergence of the fleet there,
12:42so that was kind of the key moment of the race,
12:44but I think I've got to agree with the umpires there.
12:47They were definitely in the wrong.
12:48All right, as we look ahead now,
12:49who do you think, as you look at the rosters,
12:51and let's say everyone's ready
12:52for the next event in New Zealand,
12:54that's the February 14th, 15th event in Auckland,
12:56who needs to step up?
12:57Who's really going to have to examine some tape
12:59and go, didn't quite perform in Perth,
13:01we need to bring our A game?
13:03For me, it's Rockwell Denmark.
13:04We've seen some glimmers of great performances from then,
13:07but this weekend, it was few and far between,
13:11and we saw some big crashes.
13:12We heard a soundbite from Nikolaj saying
13:14that it does feel pretty loose on board.
13:15It's the same for everyone,
13:16but they definitely didn't look like
13:18they had total control of their boat at all times.
13:20And Stevie, it seemed kind of strange out there
13:21not having the 2024 champions Los Gaios.
13:23Obviously, they damaged their boat in Friday practice.
13:26I got to think they are going to be itchy
13:27to get out there.
13:28Look at it one more time.
13:29This was catastrophic for them.
13:31Yeah, I mean, I'm not sure that
13:32we're still evaluating what happened with that.
13:34I'm not sure they actually made a mistake.
13:35I think it was just such extreme conditions
13:37that we had a lot of the time in training,
13:38and we saw injuries.
13:39They're hard boats to sail.
13:40Little things make a big difference,
13:42but yeah, Blackfoils, Los Gaios,
13:44they've got to get up and running.
13:45I mean, you know,
13:46Germany lost Stuart Biffle,
13:48Kevin Pepernay coming in.
13:49You know, they were top performing
13:50at the end of the season.
13:50There's going to be,
13:51pressure goes on people straight away.
13:53I mean, I think North Star Canada
13:54had a solid weekend.
13:56They won the last race,
13:58and I think that's possibly made their weekend
14:00look better than it was,
14:02but they're riding their sixth,
14:03and you know, chip away.
14:04It's not a bad one.
14:05You know, if you can build from there,
14:07they'll be quite happy.
14:08So there's lots of teams
14:09with stuff to think about,
14:10but you know,
14:11there's been some fantastic moments
14:12for the British to come back
14:13and have that win was incredible.
14:15I mean, I kind of love
14:16seeing Glenn Ashby coming in,
14:17and I think to me,
14:18that's highlighted
14:19for the youngsters in the fleet.
14:20Keep talking about
14:21we need youngsters coming in.
14:23Glenn Ashby's not,
14:23you know,
14:24I mean, you're right.
14:25He's sort of not a spring chicken,
14:26let's say.
14:27Sorry, Glenn,
14:27if that's offensive,
14:28you know,
14:29but he's come back in
14:30and showed it's a masterclass.
14:31So experience counts for a lot,
14:33and you know,
14:34there's sort of plenty
14:34of good news stories
14:35in SailGP
14:35with a training base,
14:36and that's going to help people
14:37grow into the roles.
14:38More good news.
14:39We are less than a month away
14:40from the second event
14:41of the 2026 season,
14:42so this is my favorite part.
14:43I like to put these guys
14:44on the spot
14:45and get predictions
14:45on what to look forward to.
14:46Hannah, you get first crack at this.
14:48When we get to Auckland,
14:49what are you looking forward to
14:50most other than the crowds,
14:51and who do you think
14:52will reign supreme in Auckland?
14:54Well, I think we know
14:54it's a much smaller race course
14:55in Auckland,
14:56and we could have
14:56some big breeze again,
14:58potentially slightly flatter water,
14:59but we saw last year
15:00it can get pretty choppy
15:01and chopped up
15:01when all the boats come together.
15:03I think it's pretty hard
15:05to bet against
15:05Emirates GBR at the moment.
15:06I know you kind of
15:08claim I'm being biased
15:09when I say that,
15:10but I think they've been
15:11dominant across the conditions
15:12from light winds
15:13to strong winds.
15:14Stevie?
15:15Confidence is a big thing,
15:16isn't it?
15:16So they're going to be hard.
15:17I mean, I pray
15:18the Black Fools are back.
15:19I think if they are,
15:20they're going to be fired right up,
15:22so I think we could be on
15:23for a home win
15:24if they can get that boat ready.
15:25I still like France,
15:26but Tom Slingsby,
15:27how do you ever count
15:28that guy out?
15:28You don't ever count him out.
15:29With Hugh Jackman
15:30and Ryan Reynolds
15:30in his corner
15:31in the underwear?
15:32Yeah, it's all good.
15:33Hopefully not too many
15:33more underwear videos
15:34between now and then.
15:35That's all I'll say.
15:36All right, you were all
15:37caught up to speed
15:38as we turn the page.
15:39We now look to the second event
15:40of the 2026 season.
15:42It is the ITM New Zealand
15:43Sale Grand Prix Auckland.
15:45We can't wait to be there.
15:46That's February 14th and 15th.
15:48The action will be
15:49absolutely amazing
15:50with massive crowds.
15:51So for Stevie Morrison,
15:53Hannah Diamond,
15:53myself, Todd Harris,
15:54we will see you there.
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