Special Envoy to San Francisco
Irradiated by the mild California sun and caressed by the breath of the Pacific, the body of water has something for any boater to dream of.
To the west stretches the majestic Golden Gate, while in the background rise the famous rock of Alcatraz and its fatal prison, an inexhaustible well of fantasies for Hollywood.
It is in this film setting that the epilogue of season 2 of SailGP will be written this weekend, a breathtaking maritime saga, a mixture of Hitchcockian thriller and
Fast & Furious -style blockbuster.
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Starring eight infernal machines doped in the wind, launched into a breathtaking naval battle.
After passing through Bermuda, Saint-Tropez and even Sydney, the eight F50s in the running, perfectly identical 50-foot (16.67-metre) flying catamarans, will be on the starting line this weekend in San Francisco.
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