Why This Foiling Cat Series Matters - OnCourse Ep27
SailGP's fourth season is the busiest so far with 13 events around the world. And while the dominant Australians continue to lead the overall standings, recent results suggest that their reign is coming under increasing pressure. Several of the teams competing for a shot at the America's Cup next year are also racing in SailGP, which makes high quality racing in the world's fastest one designs an obvious choice. But, while there are clear benefits in getting match fit in a fleet of identical boats while understanding the strengths and weaknesses of your competitors, there is also nowhere to hide when things go pear shaped. All of which makes this SailGP season especially interesting for the rest of us. With this in mind we take a look at what happened in St Tropez, Taranto and Cadiz. We also go behind the scenes at One Sails for a rare tour of their manufacturing facility to see how and why their sails are different. Plus, we talk to offshore record holder and PlanetSail regular Dee Caffari about an exciting campaign to set a new round the world record. On top of this we get aboard the newly revised Farr X2 along with gorging on a double helping of Docktalk and much, much more. And on a more personal note, we're approaching our 4th birthday and have been pre-celebrating as we passed 10million views so far ! 01:00 SailGP - St Tropez, Taranto and Cadiz 10:12 Short tacks - Fastnet race, 6m Worlds, McConaghy Boats 12:26 Docktalk Pt 1 17:00 OneSails 29:40 Docktalk Pt2 34:13 Farr X2 40:34 Dee Caffari Additional content & links America's Cup Preliminary Regatta #1 Vilanova https://youtu.be/pzPS5GNj3_o McConaghy Boats https://youtu.be/udVv9Dls5Vw Fastnet Race 2023 A Brutal Start - https://youtu.be/PNOvg22th1w On board Allegra - https://youtu.be/r9_EPCxVldk Top Tales - https://youtu.be/OHhZuX9-Itc Farr X2 On Test Part 1 - https://youtu.be/JDDsg8MC3f8 Part 2 - https://youtu.be/OvohVh8EhTY Facebook - @planetsail.org Website - www.planetsail.co.uk Twitter - matthewsheahan Linkedin - www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-sheahan
