British sailing star Sir Ben Ainslie strengthened his chances of reaching the $1 million, winner-take-all Grand Final of SailGP's third season with finishes of second, first and second in the San Francisco regatta on Saturday.
Since the age of 10, Eilidh McIntyre s Olympic-winning ambition had been staring her in the face as soon as she got out of bed. Immediately outside her room still hangs a gold medal, encased in a gilded frame, that her father, Mike, won at the 1988 Seoul Games.
The ultimate motivation has now paid off after she sailed into the record books to seal Britain s first father-daughter golden dynasty, leaving her father proud as punch Mike described to
Telegraph Sport how Eilidh, 27, had fulfilled a proper lifelong dream in her triumph alongside Hannah Mills. It s just fantastic, he said, insisting that his feat 33 years ago in the Star class had helped her believe that taking the crown in the 470 boat was within sight.
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High winds on the second day of racing for the SailGP season opener saw thrills spills and a surprise win. The event could hardly have been a better advert for the season to come
Sir Ben Ainslie’s British team took the opening victory in an action-packed SailGP in Bermuda, which saw close racing, collisions, capsizes and more as the eight foilingF50 catamarans fought it out in five fleet races and a final winner-takes-all race.
The opening weekend of SailGP season 2 looked set, for much of the weekend, to continue where the first season left off, with season 1 champions, Tom Slingsby’s Team Australia, the clear standout performer over the weekend of racing in Bermuda.