France reset the speed record. Germany nailed the weather call. New Zealand finally made a Final. But the defining story of Sassnitz was Australia turning an earlier mistake into their fifth win of the season. Winners in Sassnitz: Bonds Flying Roos - Victory 5 this season (c) SailP Sassnitz delivered two completely different SailGP events in one weekend. Saturday was about outright speed, with the F50s regularly breaking 100 km/h and France setting a new SailGP record at 107.

France just broke SailGP’s all-time speed record at 107.63 km/h. Denmark broke the old one too, then buried the bow. On a wild afternoon in Sassnitz, the difference between history and disaster was measured in fractions of a second. Neck-on-Neck (c) SailGP There is a point in most sports where going faster stops looking athletic and starts looking slightly unhinged. In Sassnitz, that point was apparently somewhere above 100 km/h. On the opening day of the ROCKWOOL Germany Sai

After last year’s breakthrough in Sassnitz, Germany return with more pace, more consistency and a genuine shot at the podium. Erik Kosegarten-Heil and Anna Barth at the Sassnitz press conference. Photo credit: SailGP Sassnitz does not behave like a normal sailing venue. The Baltic resort has discovered a second identity: for one weekend, the shoreline fills up, the grandstand gets loud enough for sailors to hear it through their in-ear comms, and 50-foot catamarans start beh