OnDeck – July 2019

Rolex timepieces and clocks will be visible

throughout all SailGP events, and featured on

each of the six supercharged F50 catamarans

• the world’s fastest race boats. Uniquely, the
  exclusivity extends across all SailGP assets
  throughout the league. “We are delighted to
  partner with Rolex, which shares our passion
  for performance, precision, excellence and
  innovation,” said SailGP CEO Russell Coutts.
  “Rolex crafts impeccable timepieces, and has a
  long history with dynamic international sports
  properties. We’re proud to join their amazing
  stable of partnerships alongside some of the
  world’s most iconic and long-standing brands.”

Rolex boasts a long heritage with sailing, including

sponsorship of the World Sailor of the Year Award,

an honor currently held by Marie Riou of the

France SailGP Team, and previously won by Tom

Slingsby (AUS, 2010) and Coutts (1995, 2003).

“SailGP marks an evolution in yachting and

enables Rolex to further strengthen its 60-

year relationship with the sport,” noted Arnaud

Boetsch, Rolex communication & image director.

“As a brand, we have always appreciated

endeavors and sporting disciplines that combine

the highest levels of technology with the most

talented individuals. SailGP meets such a vision,

while the art of foiling perfectly illustrates the

sport’s constant desire to innovate and improve

efficiency, objectives that align with Rolex’s own

quest for Perpetual Excellence, in all its activities.

As the Official Timepiece, we are delighted to be

associated with an event that demands precision,

excellence and performance from sailors and

their boats.”

SailGP’s inaugural event of Season 1 kicked off

on February 15, when rival national teams from

Australia, China, France, Great Britain, Japan and

the United States fought it out on Sydney Harbour,

showcasing the fastest, most technologically

advanced race boats in the world. The annual

championship moved to San Francisco in May, and

New York in June while it shall reach Cowes (UK) in

August, before culminating in a $1 million winner-

takes-all race in Marseille, France, in September.

SYDNEY

15- 16 FEB / DONE

SAN FRANCISCO

4-5 MAY / DONE

NEW YORK

21-22 JUNE / NEXT

COWES

10-11 AUG

MARSEILLE

20-21 SEP

SAILGP EVENTS

JAPAN SAILGP TEAM SKIPPERED BY
NATHAN OUTTERIDGE ARE
REQUIRED TO BRACE FOR IMPACT

THE USA SAILGP TEAM, SKIPPERED

BY ROME KIRBY SAILING NEAR THE

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

TOM SLINGSBY AND THE AUSTRALIA
SAILGP TEAM CELEBRATE THEIR
VICTORY IN SAN FRANCISCO

SAIL INTERNATIONAL