ALL RACES | France Sail Grand Prix - Saint-Tropez | Races 1 - 5 & Final | SailGP

[@backyardaction-s1m]

Thx for the summary 👍

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

c'est vraiment un sport magnifique, nous n'avons pas bien réussi toutes nos course c'est dommage mais nous nous sommes bien battus !

[@JonDC70]

I don't know why you guys bother including the boat audio if you're going to talk non-stop through the whole thing. My preference would be for you to just talk less, but since we all know that isn't going to happen, just do it like F1 does and have a little beep when there's something important that you want to replay and all of you can shut up for second.

[@docjeffry]

That was fun!

[@johnyray590]

Stop with the kilometers. It’s sailing.. the proper measurement is knots/ nautical miles.

[@SpaceCrete]

100x better than the America's Cup.

[@itsandbits1]

WTF is with the penaltys against Canada

[@russarrow7841]

OMG the Canadian team was schooled!

[@oromoanapotini5242]

That what happened when you do to the others crossing

[@patricegoulier6666]

Si il n'y avait que les départs. On pêche souvent par orgueil. Quand on est second avec un peu d'avance sur le troisième, est il vraiment nécessaire de tenter une option qui au final nous coûte deux places?

[@psicotower]

[@F-LVASSW]

mon soufle a 88 killometre/heure constant_______ _________________________________

[@ineffable1152]

I do not understand this sport honestly. Anyone care to explain!?? 😅

[@vitsalava1251]

They sail up and down the course to see who can find wind better and who can use it to get to the finish the quickest?

[@MaxwellNieberger]

The ships get the best speed at certain angles to the wind, and the more wind there is the faster they can go. The courses are set up so that the wind blows straight from one end to the other and sailing the same direction as the wind is pretty slow so the teams sail zigzags up and down the course in order to go as fast as possible. These turns (called a "tack" if you're sailing into the wind and a "jibe" if you're sailing with the wind) are very difficult since you lose power the moment you're lined up with the wind. You need enough momentum to be able to complete the turn and get back to the best angle going the other way or you can get stuck lined up with the wind and lose a lot of speed. Losing speed is much more of a problem for these ships since they use hydrofoils. Water is hard to push out of the way so you want as little surface area touching the water as possible to reduce drag. These ships achieve that by lowering what are essentially small wings in order to lift their hulls completely out of the water. In order to generate enough lift to do that the ships have to be moving above a certain minimum speed, around 30 Km/h, so if you ever fall below that on a tack the hulls will drop back into the water and slow the ship down further. Beyond that, it's just a matter of finding what parts of the course have the best wind. One ship's sails will block the wind for any other ships downwind, some parts of the course might be getting stronger gusts than another part, if you make too many turns trying to stay in the best wind though you'll lose more speed than you gain, it's all a balancing act. Someone else would have to explain the right of way rules though, I just listen to the commentators to hear which ship has to turn out of the way of the other lol.

[@marcfoucaud6412]

Les départs de course des français sont toujours calamiteux..

[@guydelapetodiere]

Pas d'accord. Je trouve qu'il se débrouille bien mieux que le skipper précédent

[@guydelapetodiere]

Et les résultats sont là