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This weekend will see several new faces in SailGP including Paul Goodison stepping in for Sir Ben Ainslie as the helm of the British SailGP Team
Saturday 5 June will see the second regatta in this second season of SailGP. For the first time ever the even will visit Italy with racing throughout the weekend in Taranto.
All eight of the teams have already been practising in Italy, giving each team a chance to reacquaint themselves with the high-tech, foilingF50 catamarans. Two crews – Great Britain SailGP Team and New Zealand SailGP Team – were also putting in some much needed practice time with new faces onboard.
By Daniel Smith
eSailGP Championship returns with new innovations for 2021
With less than three weeks before the eight international teams meet on the water in Bermuda for the league s return to racing, SailGP today launched the 2021 eSailGP Championship.
Building on the success of the inaugural season, which saw more than 146,000 unique players take part across 55,783 individual races, fans will have a chance to test their skills piloting one of the most innovative race boats in the world in a virtual environment on new courses and with new-look boats. The Championship winner will be rewarded with an all-inclusive package to a SailGP event in 2022 and a place in the 2021 eSailing World Championship Final.