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Team changes
Bernoulli Locke planned to enter the championship as a fan-run team covering the geographical area of Bermuda and the Caribbean. The team failed to gain the necessary funding in time for the fourth season, and pushed their entry goal to the fifth season in 2024. On May 31, 2023, the creation of the SailGP Germany Team was announced and added to the fourth season roster.Calendar
An additional round was added to this season. The New Zealand round was originally scheduled to be held in Auckland but was cancelled, and later moved to Christchurch.Season
Round 1: Chicago
The New Zealand team won the Chicago event, with Australia 2nd and Canada 3rd.Round 2: Los Angeles
The Spanish team won the Los Angeles event, with Denmark 2nd and Australia 3rd. Germany were penalised for clipping the rear of the Switzerland boat at the start of the 4th fleet race. They received a 4-point penalty in the event ranking, and a 2-point penalty in the season ranking.Round 3: Saint-Tropez
Round 4: Taranto
New Zealand was unable to participate in the regatta due to a shortage of spare parts preventing their F50 from being repaired and were awarded six championship points. Emirates GBR, Australia and the United States teams qualified for the event final but all three were unable to finish the race due to winds dropping to just 7km/h and exceeding the 16 minute race time limit resulting in a win for Emirates GBR based on fleet racing results for the whole event.Round 5: Cádiz
Round 6: Dubai
Round 7: Abu Dhabi
Both days of racing in Abu Dhabi were characterized by light wind. The boats used the largest 28m wingsail configurations, but foiling was not seen in any of the races as teams tried for "H1" at best. The three boat final on Sunday saw New Zealand again win with Spain and the new USA team battling into 2nd and 3rd place respectively.Round 8: Sydney
The return of SailGP to Sydney Harbour saw both days feature stronger winds and full foiling than recent rounds. The final on Sunday saw Denmark, Australia and New Zealand racing for the title with Denmark being the only boat not to break the line at the start. After close racing, Australia won the race and their first round victory in the 2023–24 Season.Round 9: Christchurch
The New Zealand event was originally scheduled to be held in Auckland but was cancelled, and later moved to Christchurch. The first race day was cancelled due to dolphins on the race course after already shortening the training time. On the second race day three fleet races and the final were held. The British team started the races with a penalty resulting from a collision during training. The first round was overshadowed by a collision damaging the Danish boat, which managed to continue competing, and another damaging the Australian team boat, which had to retire. The event was won by New Zealand which took the overall championship lead by one point from Australia. Later, the umpires penalized the Australian team for colliding with the finish mark while avoiding a collision with the Canadian boat.Round 10: Bermuda
Spain won in a brilliant victory over Australia and New Zealand. It is in this race where the Spanish team did a start in the "Fernando Alonso's style". The United States team did not compete in Bermuda after sustaining serious damage to their F50 in practice racing.Round 11: Halifax
The second day of racing was affected by strong winds. Due to the winds the boats of Switzerland, USA and Germany were not ready to be launched and were not able to participate in the first round of racing of that day with the latter being able to join in the second round. The boats were launched in the order of the results of the first day. Australia capsized in the fifth round due to a malfunctioning invert button for the wingsail.Round 12: New York
The racing on the first day was heavily affected by thunderstorms leading to light winds. The second round was cut short and the third round was cancelled shortly after the start due to light winds.Round 13: Grand Final , San Francisco
Canada hit a race marker in race two, whilst France sustained foil damage after a collision with Denmark in race four which prevented France from competing in race five. After five fleet races Australia were the San Francisco event winners and the top three season point earning teams (New Zealand, Australia, and Spain) progressed to the Grand Final race. Spain won the start and was first to round mark 1, leading the entire race despite encountering rudder damage on the final leg before the finish line. New Zealand finished third, Australia second, and Spain were crowned champions of the season.Results
Points are awarded per race for the Event Leaderboard, with 10 points for the winner, 9 points for second place, 8 points for third, and so on. Each event hosts multiple races, with the three highest scoring teams of the event facing off in an additional final race to decide the podium order. The winner of that final wins the event, with the final standings of the event leaderboard used to award points for the Championship Leaderboard. The winner is awarded 10 Championship points, second awarded 9, and so on. The three highest scoring teams at the end of the season compete in the SailGP Grand Final with the winning team awarded the championship.Impact League
As part of SailGP's sustainability initiatives, the championship runs a second leaderboard on which teams compete to have the greatest improvement in the sustainability of the sport. Teams are externally audited after each round against 10 criteria, with the top three ranked teams awarded prize money to be donated to the teams' sustainability partners.Standings
Inspire Racing
SailGP, in partnership with WASZP, created Inspire Racing to make foiling more accessible to young sailors, give them opportunity to experience a large sailing competition in all aspects, including racing in front of huge SailGP crowds.Notes
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