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SailGP: Black Foils' damaged F50 arrives in Auckland from Fremantle

by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.com/nz 4 Feb 04:20 PST
Black Foils damaged F50 is about enter the C-Tech composite engineering facility in West Auckland, for the final stage of its repair. - February 2026 © Black Foils

Black Foils' damaged F50 arrives in Auckland from Fremantle, after being damaged in a collision 90 seconds into the first race of SailGP Season 6.

In Fremantle the SailGP shore team have cut away the damaged stern section.

At the SailGP Technologies' facility in Southampton the team have constructed a replica stern section, using the F50 tooling, and have air freighted it to Auckland.

The F50 and its new stern section will be bonded together at the C-Tech composite engineering facility in West Auckland.

The rebuilt F50 is expected to be sailing next week.

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