Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
Team Japan skipper Nathan Outteridge clinched the third and final spot in SailGP's $1 million, winner-take-all Season 2 championship race with a strong performance on the opening day of the Mubadala United States Grand Prix on San Francisco Bay. Outteridge had finishes of sixth, second and first aboard his fast, foiling 50-foot catamaran to join defending champion Tom Slingsby of Australia and Jimmy Spithill of Team USA in Sunday's grand finale of tech tycoon Larry Ellison's global league. The three Australian skippers need to keep their boats intact in Sunday's two fleet races that precede the $1 million race.
Copyright © 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
