SailGP – a new circuit, aboard 50-foot flying cats with wing masts

<p>Did you like – as we did – the incredible spectacle provided by the catamarans of the 35^th America’s Cup, but are vexed that the next Cup will be raced in…monohulls (flying, agreed, but monohulls nevertheless)?</p>
<p>Well here is something to console you!</p>
<p>A new circuit is going to see the light of day in 2019. It will be raced on 50-foot one-design catamarans with rigid wing sails, capable of top speeds of over 50 knots.</p>
<p>Six crews, from six different nations (Australia, China, France, Great Britain, Japan and the USA), have been pre-selected, and are going to do battle during the five meetings now programmed in Sydney (AUS), San Francisco (USA), New York (USA), Cowes (GBR) and the grand finale in Marseille (FRA).</p>
<p>Thought up by Larry Ellison and Sir Russell Coutts, this circuit is endowed with prize money totaling 1,000,000 US dollars. Enough to motivate the crews…</p>
<p>For more information: www.SailGP.com</p&gt;