“I’d refund them right away”: Split fleets divide the paddock on Day 1 of Canada SailGP

Two groups, two different days on the water in Halifax, and one big disagreement about whether split-fleet racing has any business in @SailGP at all. For the first time since Auckland the fleet was split in half, and where one group got to foil a bit more, the other was left hunting for a breeze that kept fading away. Andy Rice and Lewis Smith unpack how Tom Slingsby and the Australians somehow came out on top again, crossing the line in front three times for only two scoring wins. We hear Nathan Outteridge happily owning “the fun group” that Artemis topped after day 1, Denmark’s Nicolai Sehested tearing into the whole concept, and the nine-minute time limit that led to race one being abandoned. Then the crew rule born from New York's three-boat smash, and what it means when there's nobody left on the handles mid-manoeuvre, as told by Switzerland's Sébastien Schneider. Whatever you make of the split fleets, the day has left the standings tight and set up a Sunday we’ve not seen before: the league's first four-boat final. Read more: https://thefoil.com/news/flying-roos-... Follow @wearethefoil across all platforms – Instagram, X, Threads, TikTok and YouTube. #TheFoil #WeAreTheFoil #SailGP Become a member now:    / @wearethefoil   Listen to our podcast on Spotify and other platforms: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/NSR2... MB010HRUIXNEHC4