New York prices for New York SailGP

The 2023-24 SailGP circuit will conclude its fourth season in North America with events in Bermuda, Halifax, New York, and San Francisco. When tickets for the New York went on sale January 30, race fan Kai Yves got a bit of a surprise… here’s her story:

After four (almost five) years of waiting, it’s a dream come true to see SailGP finally coming back to New York Harbor. I was at the 2019 event and had an amazing time.

In the years since, I suggested several times to my online friends that a course further out in the harbor with viewing areas on Governors Island could fix the Hudson River course’s problems with skyscrapers blocking the wind. To my astonishment, that’s exactly what the league decided on! (Not that I think anyone actually saw my blog posts, I’m just surprised my laywoman’s speculation was actually on to something.)

I booked my tickets when they went on sale, but found a bit of a disconnect between the information given on the SailGP site and the actual costs. The promotion advertised 85 dollar/day admission, comparable to New York Comic-Con last year (after all, Race Villages are sort of like Comic-Con for sailing fans), but on Eventbrite itself the charge was $100/day.

At the 2019 event, my mother and I walked into Brookfield Place off the street to watch the racing. For Chicago in 2022, I paid 75 dollars for a weekend pass. I’m thrilled to have SailGP come back to New York, but I worry that even on an island run by the National Park Service that can be reached by 4-dollar ferry, the full fan experience will still be less accessible to all New Yorkers than it was five years ago.

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Season Standings (after seven of 13 events; results and total points)
1. Australia (Tom Slingsby), 2-3-2-2-3-2-7; 56 points
2. New Zealand (Peter Burling), 1-7-8-DNC/6-4-1-1; 50
3. United States (Jimmy Spithill/Taylor Canfield), 9-5-5-3-1-8-3; 43
4. Denmark (Nicolai Sehested), 4-2-4-7-2-6-9; 43
5. Spain (Diego Botin), 5-1-3-6-6-10-2; 42
6. Great Britain (Ben Ainslie/Giles Scott), 7-6-1-1-8-5-8; 41
7. France (Quintin Delapierre), 6-8-6-4-7-4-4; 38
8. Canada (Phil Robertson), 3-4-10-5-5-3-6; 37
9. Germany (Erik Heil), 10-10-7-8-9-10-9-5; 16
10. Switzerland (Sebastien Schneiter), 8-9-9-9-7-10; 12

PENALTIES:
• Canada SailGP Team: Docked four points in Season Championship for eight-point penalty at France Sail Grand Prix | Saint-Tropez
• Germany SailGP Team: Docked two points in Season Championship for four-point penalty at Oracle Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix
• Spain SailGP Team: Docked two points in Season Championship for four-point penalty at Spain Sail Grand Prix | Andalucía – Cádiz
• Switzerland SailGP Team: Docked four points in Season Championship for eight-point penalty at Mubadala Abu Dhabi Sail Grand Prix presented by Abu Dhabi Sports Council

Season 4 – 2023
June 16-17 – United States Sail Grand Prix | Chicago at Navy Pier
July 22-23 – United States Sail Grand Prix | Los Angeles
September 9-10 – France Sail Grand Prix | Saint-Tropez
September 23-24 – Italy Sail Grand Prix | Taranto
October 14-15 – Spain Sail Grand Prix | Andalucía- Cádiz
December 9-10 – Dubai Sail Grand Prix | Dubai*

Season 4 – 2024
January 13-14 – Abu Dhabi Sail Grand Prix | Abu Dhabi
February 24-25 – Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney
March 23-24 – New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Auckland
March 23-24 – New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Christchurch
May 4-5 – Bermuda Sail Grand Prix
June 1-2 – Canada Sail Grand Prix | Halifax
June 22-23 – United States Sail Grand Prix | New York
July 13-14 – SailGP Season 4 Grand Final | San Francisco
* Added October 3, 2023

Format for Season 4:
• Teams compete in identical F50 catamarans.
• Each event runs across two days.
• Up to seven qualifying fleet races of approximately 15 minutes may be scheduled for each regatta.
• The top three teams from qualifying advance to a final race to be crowned event champion and earn the largest share of the $300,000.00 USD event prize money purse (increases to $400k for Abu Dhabi with the winning team now earning $200k at each event).
• The season ends with the Grand Final, which includes the Championship Final Race for the top three teams in the season standing with the winner claiming the $2 million USD prize.
• The top team on points ahead of the three-boat Championship Final will be awarded $350,000.00.

For competition documents, click here.

Established in 2018, SailGP seeks to be an annual, global sports league featuring fan-centric inshore racing among national teams in some of the iconic harbors around the globe.