Top 5 Crashes of SailGP | SailGP

Relive the 5 most memorable crashes and collisions of SailGP history alongside our athletes, including some who were on board during these edge-of-your-seat moments.

SailGP is sailing redefined. Established in 2018 and headquartered in London, SailGP is an annual, global sports championship featuring bold, cutting-edge technology and awe-inspiring athleticism. The fan-centric, inshore racing takes place in some of the most iconic harbors around the globe and culminates with a $1 million winner-takes-all match race. Rival national teams from Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland and the United States battle it out in identical supercharged F50 catamarans, engineered for intense racing at electrifying speeds exceeding 50 knots (nearly 60 mph/100kmh).

#SailGP #PoweredbyNature

[kevinoshea]

Would love to see these AGAIN, with Fault analysis (boats tagged in video), and sailing rules explained! Could be so instructional😅

[Bangcat]

Its legit what partly keeps the racing interesting though. Not the comment people are going to want to see, but a realistic one.Without this kind of risk out there, and the fact they can generally walk away from it, it wouldn't be the direct kind of competition that keeps people tuned in.

[crankyone]

Bro this is honestly up there with V8s and F1 in my opinion. Such a cool sport! New here super keen to see more.

[chrisylink]

I like how cool every body is about it afterwards

[scdrescher]

So years ago I worked for a fire department and all they’d watch was motocross, football and golf because they were the only “real” sports. One day during the AC in San Francisco I was watching one of the LV races and everyone kept coming in and trying to tell me sailing was for sissies. My response was to compare any of the wussies out on the football field and how the game stops when someone sprains their ankle. Then I would reference the sailor in the Vendee (forgot his name) who took a boom to the face a broke his jaw then refused to allow his skipper to deliver him to the nearest port for medical treatment as it would put their boat back several places in the leg. The guy suffered a week skipping across the roaring forties eating through a straw with his jaw duct taped shut. Then there was Simpson who was on the Artemis boat who died during a training run. They never mouthed off about sailing again. In fact, once we got past the whole “no, they’re not using motors” the overall attitude changed. What I found most entertaining was their disbelief in the fact there were “foreigners” on the American boat. I asked, “How many guys who play for the 49ers are from San Francisco?” This is a global event, not national and just like any other sport it’s driven by money and egos and money. The next shift I saw that someone had DVR’d the races and they were watching them in secret…..mission accomplished

[jdrissel]

I was on a Hobi Cat many years ago. There were 40 MPH winds according to the weather report. We were passing ski boats. Then a line tangled and we went over. I was out on the trapeze. I realized we were over too far and let go so I didn't fall into the rigging. I actually bounced off the water when I hit the water. It took about 15 minutes to swim back to the boat. We did get it back up and sailed back to the ramp. Some of these are worse than that was.

[davidhowell]

Thank you, SAIL GP, for making all other sailboat racing irrelevant!😂

[karelpgbr]

For a new version of this you chaps have to add the New Zealand mast break!

[michaela]

You can see one day the helmsman and the crew beside him getting killed or seriously injured one day with them being so exposed to a boats bow comming down on them. The best crash was of the British boat in one of the finals doing a huge nose dive and capsithing the boat.

[carbonarne]

I really do not understand why football videos get millions of views without edit and bad lighting and a bad sport and here we are 2 people commenting on a million dollar video after half an hour

[kevinoshea]

The circle zone around a mark, how does a skipper know he’s at the Zone boundary?

[spartan-rbcd]

why only one front hydrofoil in water not both of em can anyone answer me i really wanna know thanks

[Zeb]

''It's a jungle out there''..!!! **( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )**

[bbrrrrr]

And I thought Formula 1 was the only racing sport full of action !!

[robwalton]

2.07min onwards admits the cause of the Pete sandwich hahaha. If only France were on there foils.

[Raheen]

3 involved gbr... sum gotta be wrong with their helmsman or tactical

[TomTom-rhgk]

The term Boat Race is slang for any fixed sporting event. We all know that this was boat race.

[munkywrench]

This business of hulls coming over the top is pretty unacceptable. Are we gonna see crew in half live streamed?

[Otoro_TV]

Strangely Americans and British are very often at the root of accidents !

[mozkitolife]

Worst format. I just want to see the crash, not the same crash repeated every 5 secs.