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10 Apr 2025 Articles

Rio event cancelled to facilitate wingsail repairs

After identifying a defect in select wingsails across the F50 fleet, SailGP has made the difficult decision to cancel next month’s Rio event (May 3-4) in order to facilitate required repairs ahead of New York (June 7-8) and the remainder of the 2025 Season.

The issue was discovered following testing and analysis of the Australia SailGP Team’s wingsail collapse last month in San Francisco. SailGP CEO Russell Coutts has called the decision 'a necessary action to take.'

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