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A fleet race win and a second place have pushed the Black Foils into fourth place after Saturday’s opening day of racing at the Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix.

The Bonds Flying Roos remain firmly in the hunt for a place in tomorrow’s winner-takes-all Final at the Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix in Portsmouth, finishing the opening day in third place.

Home team Emirates GBR is top of the leaderboard after day one of the Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix in Portsmouth. The British crew, driven by Olympic gold medallist Dylan Fletcher, delighted the 10,000 fans on Southsea Common.

Hometown glory for Dylan Fletcher’s Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team as they lead the fleet after a picture perfect opening day of the Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix | Portsmouth.

The RORC Channel Race started in light downwind breeze in the central Solent with a flooding tide. The spinnaker start for the 30 Admiral’s Cup boats, in tight formation with the tide, would have had nerves jangling on board.

The saying goes that “everyone has their day”; however, for youth and collegiate sailors competing in the 20th running of the Ida Lewis Distance Race it’s how their overnight goes on Friday, August 15, that will count.

The Predictwind forecasters are sticking to their guns for Day 1 of SailGP Portsmouth, with light winds predicted to switch and increase in the afternoon.

Mark Wright and Jamie Redknapp joined Emirates GBR on-board the team’s F50 race boat ahead of the Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix in Portsmouth this weekend.

This event was a reschedule of the Solo Spring Championship, and as such, Hill Head SC offered up the possibility to combine it with their Southern Series event.

SailGP has announced the winners of the second Focus Area of its industry-leading Impact League – Emirates GBR SailGP Team – as the home-team and defending Impact League champions get set for an epic weekend of racing in Portsmouth, July 19-20.