The Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team has hit the water in Halifax ahead of the League's first ever Canadian event. The ROCKWOOL Canada Sail Grand Prix takes place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 1 and 2 June with sell-out crowds expected to line the waterfront as the 10 teams battle it out to be crowned winner of the inaugural event. Emirates GBR is hoping to bounce back from a difficult event in Bermuda, where they struggled to get off the start line in good positions.
Emirates GBR Driver Giles Scott said: "We have had a tricky couple of events for sure. Looking back on Bermuda, it was a bit of a simple flaw - poor off the start line. The fleet is amazingly strong and If you don't get off the start line well, it's tricky to pull through the fleet of the best sailors in the world. As a team we've been working on our strategy for the start line and we're hoping to bounce back this weekend."
The Emirates GBR crew got their first experience of sailing the foiling F50 catamaran on Canadian water on Friday afternoon as all 10 SailGP teams lined up for practice racing on Halifax Harbour. Conditions were similar to those expected for the official racing on Saturday and Sunday, with gusts of about 33km/ph. Two practice races took place on Friday with Emirates GBR placing second and fourth.
The ROCKWOOL Canada Sail Grand Prix | Halifax takes place on June 1-2 with the Emirates GBR team line-up consisting of Giles Scott as Driver, Hannah Mills as Strategist, Luke Parkinson as Flight Controller, Iain Jensen as Wing Trimmer, Nick Hutton and Neil Hunter as Grinders and Hannah Diamond as Reserve Sailor. Racing gets under way at 20:00 BST on both days and UK viewers can watch all the action live on ITVX and YouTube.
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