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The State of High-Performance Sailing

High-performance sailing is as enthralling as it is fragmented. Our sport is charging ahead on multiple fronts. From SailGP’s global travelling circus, the America’s Cup’s revolutionary foiling monohulls, to the owner-funded 52 Super Series and 44Cup circuits, there's no shortage of events to watch.

Justin Chisholm
Justin Chisholm
— 6 min read
The State of High-Performance Sailing
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But for all of this, there’s a sense that elite sailing hasn’t quite figured out what it wants to be. Is it a made-for-TV spectacle like SailGP? A full-bore design race like the America’s Cup? Or a community-driven proving ground like the 52 Super Series and 44Cup? The answer, increasingly, seems to be: all of the above. And that’s both the sport’s great strength and its biggest challenge.

Let’s start with SailGP, the most compelling regular dose of professional sailboat racing the world has ever seen.

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