SailGP Aarhus - The explosive mid season event

From broken boats to broken bodies, the fourth stage of the SailGP season started in explosive fashion as the teams prepared for the mid season event. And while conditions did settle down for the racing, success was even harder to grasp and emotions started to boil over. Aarhus had it all.

[@MrBluebeard3]

Cheers Matt, Sail GP has fulfilled it's promise of great racing. Lots of lead changes, multiple winners and even a soap opera thrown in. Great stuff.

[@fredericdahirel6561]

The world top sailing event !!! thank's to mister Coutts for the show , great races !

[@JohnLaMonte]

Fantastic sport! No filth!

[@DialedN_07]

I consider your commentary to be absolutely top of the game when it comes to sailing. Would it be possible to receive your input on SailGP moving to measurement of speed in Km/H rather than in knots? I'm not quite sure why this irks me so much, but it doesn't seem to be a proper measurement of nautical speed. Thoughts?

[@cvanscho]

Knots is pretty much standard for nautical speed measurement.

[@DialedN_07]

@@cvanscho right. So why does SailGP insist on kmh

[@cvanscho]

@@DialedN_07 I'd agree! Maybe your first post you have mixed them up?

[@DialedN_07]

@@cvanscho no. It is stated correctly. SailGP is measuring in km/h instead of knots. This (SailGPs measurement in km/h) is not appropriate measurement of nautical speed

[@cvanscho]

@@DialedN_07 Aah - after reading it for the 39th time, I see what your'e saying in your OP! It was all that "could we receive input.." that got me all confused. Yes, KM/H is unacceptable, maybe they think they will attract a different audience with that? Seems a tad "woke/PC" to me. Lets just leave our language alone.

[@EnginAtik]

Swearing like sailors is just fine in a sailing race.

[@terenceflynn2553]

Matt, more comment and inside information from you would have been appreciated.

[@simonpickering2665]

I expected better from Matt - disappointing to again find its just a lead into another fluff piece from sail GP with an American trying to hype up the bs of the event …..

[@happysensyhappysensy670]

the present management will NOT se season 3

[@scottmeredith3359]

Huh, most of this was just highlights from the Sail GP broadcast

[@knutpohl339]

I clicked this video to hear your summary of the events, not seee a pre-cut video with the most annoying American commentating style

[@sambecker2045]

I love your Australian accent and style, say Hi to Kurtis

[@pindanymus3403]

Why isn't there a Dutch team involved at these races. I wish, i was in one of them. Bet that this is very expensive hobby for the rich.

[@Bastillius]

essentially he's saying its Pilot error

[@MarkMcLT]

NZL missing their brains trust, Ashby/Davies.

[@ericf5996]

Funny to hear Outteridge whine like a little brat after watching him drop a hull on another boat in a race before.

[@oddjobs3025]

They're ALL Aussies or NZ'ers. Which is fine except it just seems weird when they're flying a Japanese flag.

[@mtl-ss1538]

& Canada & USA & Switzerland & !!!

[@rayRay-pw6gz]

TROLLS = hurt people. HURT PEOPLE !

[@fredio54]

Thanks for clearing that up. Epic that they were basically "cornering too fast" :-D dick move in that race the other day by phil causing contact with NZ but otherwise he's one of my favourites to watch, awesome that he's there, everyone else is almost dull in comparison. Go Phil! But no more dick moves, please.

[@nzldudeDNB]

haha shut up Nathan 23:38

[@BlunderDownUnder]

Was looking for a comment on this! LOL!

[@readthetype]

When was the last time you saw an F1 driver get up and go for a walk on the hood of their car while driving at 200 mph? Clearly the boat people need to re-visit their safety standards. Just because you take a rocket, and fly it _really_ close to the water, that doesn’t make it a boat.

[@petertaylor8922]

So now we've gone from "PUS BUTTON" sailing to "COMPUTER CONTROLLED" sailing... What's next "SIMULATED SAILING" where the skipper and crew don't need to leave the house.

[@maxhenke92]

I guess it's pretty much impossible to control the uprighting force via daggerboard manually?

[@petertaylor8922]

@@maxhenke92 Yea... Why design it that way... more speed, more tech... Oh and more money.

[@CG-99]

The melodramatic, cheezy American commentator is awful

[@matthewsgauge]

Masked for photo shoot? No mask in reality? sorry out

[@jeroenjansen2709]

I am not in favour of multihulls and especially carbon foils so I watch these mishaps with a bit of amusemwnt

[@lancehaysom47]

very boring