US team wins SailGP in Valencia after tense racing in light winds

There was little wind and only a handful of races in Valencia, but the SailGP weekend still produced a tense finish. Taylor Canfield and the U.S. crew prevailed after several changes of the lead in the four-boat final.

Australia, the record winner, finished behind the Americans, followed by Red Bull Italy and Denmark’s Rockwool Racing. The victory gave the U.S. team its second win of the sixth season, following its success in Sydney in early March.

Team Germany, co-owned by Sebastian Vettel, finished eighth after four light-wind group races. Technical problems with the racing catamaran supplied by the league cost the team better results twice on the previous day. A second-place finish in the only Sunday race did little to change its overall position.

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We had points to make up and would have liked to sail more. Four races overall are too few to determine a worthy winner.

“We had points to make up and would have liked to sail more. Four races overall are too few to determine a worthy winner,” said helmsman Erik Kosegarten-Heil. Germany remains eighth in the standings. The series continues on September 19 and 20 on Lake Geneva, where Kosegarten-Heil said the team had achieved its “gigantic victory” last year and liked returning.

Australia leads the table with 85 points, ahead of Spain’s Los Gallos on 68 and the U.S. team on 56. The 13 teams are competing for three places in the final in Abu Dhabi on November 28 and 29, where the winner will receive $2 million.

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That is not a place where we do not like being.