Sail GP 2025, Foiling Catamarans preparing to race in Auckland New Zealand, Feb 2025

Nice front row seats (from our dinghy) for the practice runs for the Sail GP races in Auckland New Zealand. We got to hang at the leeward gates to see these magnificent sailboats practice speedy maneuvers. Auckland was buzzing and helicopters wereflying. These people love their sailing.

Sail GP foiling race boats are so spectacular! What a privilege it is to be here this week. 12 countries practiced all week. Imagine the work in taking down and putting up their entire rig daily.

The next day, we went out for a dingy ride in Westhaven near Auckland and the small, colorful sailing dinghies were out racing around. Much slower than SailGP of course! turns out, the skippers were all people who were paraplegics with wheelchairs back at the dock.

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