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High-speed T-foils

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.

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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