SailGP

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New York SailGP will take place on Friday and Saturday afternoon June 21-22, on the lower Hudson River between Canal Street and the Battery. National teams for the United States, Australia, China, France, Great Britain and Japan will compete in a total of five short-format fleet races, culminating with the top two teams going head-to-head in a match race final to determine the overall event winner on Saturday afternoon.
Letters
Sail GP practice on Monday.
To Broadsheet Editor;

I received the attached map from the US Coast Guard recently. It shows the area of the Hudson River that is closed for the Sail GP races on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon.

What is interesting is that the ferries going from Jersey City to the WTC terminal on Saturday that replace the closed PATH system will have to go north to Pier 26, then cross the river, then head south. This may slow them down quite a bit.
The races are only for a couple of hours on each day, so there may be no major impact. Just food for thought.
Here is the race website:
Graeme
President, Downtown Boathouse