French sweep all 3 races on Day 1 of Australia Sail GP -
Spithill said the wind “really played havoc” with the racing among the nine 50-foot catamarans on Saturday.
“The gusts were like bullets hitting,” he said during a TV interview. “Downwind when you’re going head to head with other boats, it’s full on.” After two light-air regattas in Dubai and Singapore, won by Australia and New Zealand, the season wraps up in the windier venues of Sydney, Christchurch and San Francisco. The top three teams at the end of the San Francisco regatta will sail in the $1 million Grand Final.
The U.S. team is lagging in the season standings and needs to finish strongly to have any chance of qualifying for the winner-take-all Grand Final. “We have no choice but to to really get a good event this time,” he said. “We’ve done a lot of work after the last event. We’ve definitely got the hammer down and we’re full throttle into tomorrow.”
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