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High-speed T-foils

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SailGP has confirmed that its new high-speed T-Foils will be added to its entire international fleet of F50s in January 2025, ahead of the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Auckland. SailGP CEO Russell Coutts said the development would be a ‘game changer,’ anticipating the league’s latest upgrade would bring faster speeds and the most competitive racing to date.

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The global racing championship has carried out testing over the past 18 months at venues around the world, with a number of teams getting first-hand experience of the new test foils in training. The Canada SailGP Team clocked 101.98kph (in a wind speed of 32kph) using the new foils while testing in San Francisco, the fastest-ever speed registered on an F50.

The T-Foils will replace the existing L-Foils that have been used since SailGP’s inception in 2019. Constructed from machined titanium and carbon, the high-speed T-Foils have thinner sections than the current L-Foils, reducing the drag at high speed.

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