Data Dive: What Really Happened In Bermuda?
Take a deep dive into the numbers to discover the real story of the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix
Published 05/13/2026
The BONDS Flying Roos picked up their third win of the 2026 Rolex SailGP Championship in Bermuda – but that hardly tells the story of another frenetic weekend.
Tom Slingsby’s team are one of only three teams in SailGP history to win the Championship and, after losing out in each of the last two seasons, the Australians will be desperate to reclaim their crown.
But what does the data tell us after event No.5? Welcome to the Data Dive…
1. Aussies are Bermuda’s speed kings
With a flat race track and winds between 18 and 22 km/hr, Bermuda was built for speed and the BONDS Flying Roos certainly got the memo.
On both days, the Aussies recorded the highest average boat speed – 63.6 km/hr on Day 1 and 49.8 km/hr on Day 2.Â
They were quick out of the blocks, too. Only the U.S. SailGP Team (70.1 km/hr) bettered the Roos’ 67.9 km/hr start speed on Saturday while fellow finalists Los Gallos (50.4 km/hr) were the only team to top Australia’s 43.1 km/hr on Sunday.
Aiding that was the instrumental Iain Jensen in the wing trimmer’s seat. The Roos had the best ride height of Day 2 (1064mm) and the highest flight time (98%) too.
2. U.S. SailGP Team starting to make this a habit
As the U.S. SailGP Team blasted out of the start box in Race 1 on Saturday, former Olympian Stevie Morison noted that Taylor Canfield and the Crew have been impressive in the starts all season – and he wasn’t wrong.
Only NorthStar Canada (1 meter) had a closer average distance to the start line than the U.S. SailGP Team (8 meters) and our neighbors to the North were the only team to better the Crew’s 0.5 seconds to cross the start line but two tenths of a second.
Canfield and co. were also able to boast an average position of 2.5 at Mark 1 – only the Australians (2.2) topped that.Â
3. Roos laying down a marker
Five events down, five event finals for Slingsby and the BONDS Flying Roos who sit top of the Championship standings on 45 points.
Of course, whether you finish in 1st or 3rd by the season’s end doesn’t matter, you’ll still qualify for the Grand Final. But Australia are evidently determined to take back their crown after winning the first three seasons of SailGP.
And just to underline how dominant they’ve been this season, at the same stage last year, they had just 26 points and only a single event win. It was also their only event win, secured in Auckland in event No.2.
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