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The Star
12 hours ago
- Sport
- The Star
Sailing-America's Cup-winning skipper Burling joins Luna Rossa after Team NZ split
Sailing - SailGP - New York Sail Grand Prix - New York, United States - June 7, 2025 New Zealand SailGP F50 team driven by Peter Burling in action during the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix Ricardo Pinto/SailGP/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo (Reuters) -Three-times America's Cup winning helmsman Peter Burling has joined Italian team Luna Rossa after leaving New Zealand ahead of the 2027 edition of sailing's most prestigious competition, the team announced on Friday. Italy will host the America's Cup for the first time in 2027, with Naples set to stage the 38th edition. Burling, 34, links up with the Italians just two months after ending his long-standing relationship with defenders New Zealand, with whom he won the Cup in 2017 and retained it in 2021 and 2024. Burling joined Team NZ after winning gold and silver medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics sailing with teammate Blair Tuke. The former New Zealand skipper will support both the sailing operations and technical development at Luna Rossa as they prepare for their latest Cup campaign. In addition to his three Olympic medals Burling also has six world titles in the 49er class, and is regarded as one of the sport's leading talents. "I've always loved racing against Luna Rossa and now to join this iconic team is a real honour. The innovation and competitiveness they bring to the Cup has always inspired me," Burling said in a statement. "I'm grateful for the warm welcome and I'm looking forward to working hard alongside a world-class team, doing my part to help win Luna Rossa's first America's Cup." CEO of Luna Rossa Max Sirena said, "Even though his exact role has yet to be defined, he will certainly be part of the sailing team, reinforcing Luna Rossa's core leadership group and contributing to key areas of our development program. "Peter brings tremendous sporting, technical, and personal value." (Reporting by Shifa Jahan in BengaluruEditing by Christian Radnedge)
Straits Times
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Straits Times
America's Cup-winning skipper Burling joins Luna Rossa after Team NZ split
Sailing - SailGP - New York Sail Grand Prix - New York, United States - June 7, 2025 New Zealand SailGP F50 team driven by Peter Burling in action during the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix Ricardo Pinto/SailGP/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Three-times America's Cup winning helmsman Peter Burling has joined Italian team Luna Rossa after leaving New Zealand ahead of the 2027 edition of sailing's most prestigious competition, the team announced on Friday. Italy will host the America's Cup for the first time in 2027, with Naples set to stage the 38th edition. Burling, 34, links up with the Italians just two months after ending his long-standing relationship with defenders New Zealand, with whom he won the Cup in 2017 and retained it in 2021 and 2024. Burling joined Team NZ after winning gold and silver medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics sailing with teammate Blair Tuke. The former New Zealand skipper will support both the sailing operations and technical development at Luna Rossa as they prepare for their latest Cup campaign. In addition to his three Olympic medals Burling also has six world titles in the 49er class, and is regarded as one of the sport's leading talents. "I've always loved racing against Luna Rossa and now to join this iconic team is a real honour. The innovation and competitiveness they bring to the Cup has always inspired me," Burling said in a statement. "I'm grateful for the warm welcome and I'm looking forward to working hard alongside a world-class team, doing my part to help win Luna Rossa's first America's Cup." CEO of Luna Rossa Max Sirena said, "Even though his exact role has yet to be defined, he will certainly be part of the sailing team, reinforcing Luna Rossa's core leadership group and contributing to key areas of our development program. "Peter brings tremendous sporting, technical, and personal value." REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
The Star
08-06-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Sailing-Spain triumph in New York for consecutive SailGP victories
Sailing - SailGP - New York Sail Grand Prix - New York, United States - June 8, 2025 Team Spain celebrate after crossing the finish line to win the final REUTERS/Kylie Cooper NEW YORK (Reuters) -Reigning champions Spain put in a battling performance on the second day of the sixth round of SailGP on Sunday, beating New Zealand and France in the final race in New York to clinch consecutive wins as the season reached the halfway point. Coming off their season's first victory in San Francisco in March, Diego Botin's team went five points clear into day two and overcame a slump in race five to make the top three. With shifting winds in the shadows of the Statue of Liberty, Spain took control of the showdown on the Hudson River with an impeccable start, arriving three seconds ahead of New Zealand at gate two and three, and held their lead to clinch the victory. Peter Burling's New Zealand, winners in New York last year, lost more distance in the final stages and reached the finish line 43 seconds behind the Spaniards. The win saw Spain move up two places in the championship table on 46 points as they moved above three-times champions Australia, who finished fifth in New York, by one point. But it was not all smooth sailing for Spain on the event's final day. They started off well with a second-place finish in the day's opening race four, 16 seconds behind Martine Grael's Brazil, who won their first-ever fleet race at SailGP since joining the league at the beginning of the season. The Brazilians, who sat fifth after day one, were hopeful of a top-three finish, and were well positioned for just that when they finished fourth in the next race. A tricky race five, meanwhile, did a lot of damage to Spain, who were 11th and dropped from top spot to fourth in the event standings. Botin's crew earned a penalty in the decisive race six but made massive gains and got ahead of Brazil on the second-to-last leg to secure a spot in the event final. Australia held onto their early lead to win the sixth race, grabbing their second victory of the event after they came out on top in the second race on Saturday. France, who sailed very consistently on both days, put in a flawless performance to pick up a win in race five. The season next moves to Europe, first returning to Britain as the fleet races in Portsmouth from July 19-20 before heading to Germany in August for the very first time. (Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk; Editing by Ken Ferris)
New York Times
07-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Spain leads New Zealand at New York Sail Grand Prix after sparing winds, rainy first day
NEW YORK — Spain leads at the halfway stage of the New York Sail Grand Prix after three wacky races in rain, strong currents and fickle light winds. While New Zealand scored the biggest bragging points of the day by lapping the fleet in the last race, Pete Burling's team would happily have traded that outrageous moment of Kiwi glory for the more consistent performance displayed by Diego Botín and the Spaniards. Your @emirates Frequent Flier on Day 1 of the #NewYorkSGP was @sailgpnzl 🇳🇿#SailGP — SailGP (@SailGP) June 7, 2025 The wind was in short supply on the Hudson River, so the race committee instructed each of the 12 teams to slash the standard crew of six to three for race one, although this would later be increased to four crew for races two and three. Fewer crew on board meant a lighter all-up weight and a better prospect of hydrofoiling for the fleet of identical F50s, but also required much higher levels of multitasking for those left manning the ship. Advertisement Nailing a fast launch out of the start was more critical than ever in the marginal foiling conditions. Botín's crew propelled the Spanish boat out of the start of the first race and into an early lead at mark one, which they would extend to the finish. Even more impressive was the Spanish team's ability to weave a path through the traffic after some lackluster starts to races two and three. Saturday scores of 1,4,3 give the Spanish a healthy five-point buffer over the best of the rest, who are more closely bunched. 'I don't know what we did so well today, to be honest,' said Botín. 'It was so hectic out there. These boats are so complicated to sail, and if you add the conditions we had today with puffiness and the waves from the strong current, it was all super tricky.' In second place are the Danish, with the French on equal points in third, a point ahead of fourth-placed New Zealand, who somehow emerged mostly unscathed from a highly inconsistent day. The Kiwis finished second from last in the middle race, only to rebound with a resounding victory in the third race of the afternoon. Burling's crew burst into an early lead and managed to keep their F50 on the foils while a good chunk of the fleet was virtually becalmed in their wake. Most of the fleet were still drifting toward the bottom of the course, unable to get flying, while Burling managed to maintain his delicate momentum on the foils to come fizzing past his hapless rivals and fully lap the whole fleet. This is the first time anyone has achieved this feat in five seasons of SailGP. After today's drizzly drift-off, all 12 teams hope that a better forecast of brighter skies and stronger breeze for Sunday will provide a faster and more predictable race track for the conclusion of competition in New York.
Straits Times
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Wingsail issue fixed ahead of New York SailGP
Repairs and upgrades to all 12 wingsails on the F50 catamarans will be completed in time for the New York Sail Grand Prix, SailGP said on Monday. SailGP cancelled its Rio event last month due to a wingsail defect which was identified after the Australian boat's wing collapsed in San Francisco in March. "These new components for the wingsails feature an Aluminum Nomex core and increased laminate, which means the new shear webs will be approximately twice as strong," SailGP CEO Russell Coutts said in a statement. "It's a huge team effort, but our fans can expect all twelve teams back on the race course when racing kicks off in New York." The operation — shared between American Magic's Florida workshop and SailGP Technologies in the UK — has seen teams extract compromised components, refit electronics, and prepare each hull for exhaustive sea trials. With a strict one-design ethos underpinning the league's competitive integrity, the May 3–4 Rio event was cancelled, ensuring no team gained or lost advantage as the refit progressed. The event will resume at the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix on June 7-8, its final North American stop before the European leg begins in July. Australia, skippered by Tom Slingsby, lead the season's standings with 39 points after five races, one ahead of Dylan Fletcher's Britain, with Diego Botin's Spanish team third. SailGP is the global sailing championship featuring national teams competing in identical, high-performance F50 foiling catamarans that can reach speeds over 50 knots (93 kph). REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
