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SAILGP SEASON 3 GRAND FINAL | SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco will again host the SailGP Season 3 Grand Final on May 6-7.

SailGP’s spectacular hydrofoiling F50 catamarans are ready to hit the water on iconic San Francisco Bay for two days of the best on-water racing in the world. Nine national teams - including Team USA led by Jimmy Spithillwill first compete over five races in the SailGP Season 3 Grand Final before the top three teams from the overall Season 3 standings race for $1million in a final 15 minute all-or-nothing showdown.

The teams have competed in ten events across four continents in a season which started back in May 2022 in Bermuda, before visiting Chicago, Great Britain, Denmark, France, Spain, Dubai, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. The Australia team, led by Olympic gold medalist Tom

Slingsby, is the defending champion and tops the leaderboard as SailGP reaches its season finale. New Zealand, France and Emirates Team GBR follow closely behind, each vying for a place in the Grand Final alongside Australia. As part of SailGP’s commitment to Race For the Future, the winners of SailGP’s Impact League will also be crowned. A worldfirst in sport, the Impact League tracks the positive actions SailGP’s teams make to reduce their overall carbon footprint and help accelerate inclusivity in sailing.

After a season of capsizes, collisions, thrilling overtaking maneuvers and highway-speed racing –the action ends right here in one of world sport’s most iconic locations, San Francisco for what will be an unforgettable weekend of racing.

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