{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Yacht Racing Life Podcast","title":"SailGP Cádiz Analysis","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2042,"description":"In this episode of the Yacht Racing Life podcast Justin Chisholm is joined by the Rule69Blog’s Magnus Wheatley to unpack a light-air weekend of racing at the SailGP event in Cádiz, Spain. Justin was on site for practice and day one before watching Sunday’s action on replay. The verdict: a picturesque venue and big crowds, yet a regatta that often turned into starting practice in marginal breeze and awkward sea state.Venue and vibeCádiz impressed. The old city serves up surfy beach culture on one side and a natural stadium on the other, with fans lining a huge sea wall. The media centre sat in the castle at the end of the wall, which gave a drone-like view straight down to the leeward gates. The local crowd were all in for Spain SailGP Team, although the weekend did not go their way.Tech talk: a new 27.5 m wingSpain missed the fleet practice after being tasked to help validate the new 27.5 metre wing that SailGP hopes to have available in time for the Abu Dhabi Season 5 Grand Final in Abu Dhabi – a traditionally light air venue. Magnus remains sceptical of the sales pitch around performance benefits of the new light airs foil and rudder packages and suggests that the introduction of the new wing config is driven by safety concerns after a string of rig failures. The racing: Britain nail the big momentsEmirates Team GBR delivered a measured, champion’s performance. Starts were cleaner on Saturday than Sunday, yet the hallmark was damage limitation when it went wrong. Twelfths and elevenths became sixths and sevenths, which kept the points tally moving. In the final, Dylan Fletcher and Hannah Mills, with Iain Jensen and Luke Parkinson, executed a smart two-marks-ahead plan in the fleet racing and then stole the final from the Kiwis with an perfectly executed attack at the final turning mark.Season picture after CádizGreat Britain 85 ptsNew Zealand 82 ptsAustralia 80 ptsSpain on 76 points remain fourth and still in with a shout of making the Grand Final. France in...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QgmX9etsabx_AOoopsjo2x2i9QGBy2rbn_i_4vPtViQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lZTE0/NmU5NDVjNDVjZjFh/M2JmYjRkYmQzNmI4/YWZiMS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}