Taylor Highlights Team’s Passing Gains in Cádiz
U.S. SailGP Team driver Taylor Canfield reflects on the recent Spain Sail Grand Prix…
Published 10/15/2025
Driver Taylor Canfield says the biggest takeaway from the DP World Spain Sail Grand Prix was the team’s ability to pass others on the course.
The U.S. SailGP Team finished 8th overall after going 3-12-11-6-8-5-4. In doing so, they collected 29 points – the team’s highest event tally since the opener in Dubai where they finished 3rd in the Final.
Reflecting on the end of the European leg of the season, Taylor said: “We showed we can really put good races together and come back into them. For me, the biggest takeaway was that even when we were in tough positions, we were able to crawl back through and gain two or three boats in most races. That’s something we haven’t really been able to do much in the past.
“Knowing we can sail the boat well enough to pass others around the racetrack, no matter our position, is a really positive feeling.
With one event left in Abu Dhabi at the end of November, Taylor says the focus remains on starting strategy and exiting Mark One in the best-possible position.
“The big thing for us was acknowledging that after Day 1, we needed to make a small adjustment to our timing coming back to the line,” Taylor explained.“We did a nice job changing that strategy for Day 2. Every start is unique, so we need to be a little more fluid when approaching them – maybe have a slightly bigger playbook for starting strategies in all conditions.”
The start line was congested for most races in Cádiz, with some teams seeing success leaving it late and slingshotting through near the top of the line. Taylor says small adjustments make a big difference in those crucial moments.
“Ideally we want to be somewhere in between what we did on Day 1 - lining up in the front row, managing that time to kill - and having a late trigger pull,” he explained.
“The goal was to be able to pull the trigger about two seconds earlier than we did on Day 1. So stepping that whole positioning and timing sequence back a little was the goal for Day 2.
“The Kiwis, the French and the Germans have a slightly different and relatively high-risk strategy that paid off this week, but as we’ve seen at other venues, that approach can be really tough to execute consistently.
“The gaps between teams are so small now that there’s a real emphasis on getting off the line and putting yourself in a good position early in the race. If we can move that forward a bit, we’ll slowly find ourselves working up the leaderboard.”
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