Australia SailGP Team

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Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bonds Flying Roos SailGP Team
Australi SailGP Team Logo.jpg
Australia SailGP Team logo
SailGP Season 3 Grand Final - San Francisco - May 2023 (3510).jpg
BONDS Flying Roos in San Francisco in 2023
Bonds Flying Roos SailGP Team
Driver & Co-CEO Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Slingsby
Wing Trimmer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Draper
Flight Controller Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Waterhouse
Strategist Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nina Curtis
Grinder Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of Ireland.svg Kinley Fowler
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Newton
SailGP Career
First Entry 2019 Sydney Sail Grand Prix
SailGP Championships3 (2019, 2021-22, 2023-24)
Website sailgp.com/teams/australia

Australia SailGP Team, officially the Bonds Flying Roos, [1] is an Australian sailing team which participates in the international SailGP championship. Established in 2019 for the inaugural season of SailGP, the team has been led by driver and CEO Tom Slingsby since its creation. [2] The team are three-time champions, having won the first three seasons of the competition. [3]

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History

Australia SailGP Team was established in 2019 by F50 League LLC as a part of the inaugural season of the SailGP competition. [4] [5]

It won the league's inaugural 2019 season, [4] as well as the subsequent 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons. [6] [7] [8]

In June 2025, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds joined Tom Slingsby as co-owners of Australia SailGP Team, renaming it Bonds Flying Roos, gaining Australian clothing company Bonds as title sponsor. [9]

Results

SeasonDriverPosition
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Slingsby 1st
2021-22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Slingsby 1st
2022-23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Slingsby 1st
2023-24 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Slingsby
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jimmy Spithill 		2nd
Source: [10]

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References

  1. ↑ World, Yachting (6 June 2025). "Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds new co-owners of Australia's SailGP team". Yachting World. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Sailing, Australian. "Australia SailGP Team taking on the world". www.sailing.org.au. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "SailGP: Australia achieves a three-peat in dramatic SailGP San Francisco Final". www.sail-world.com. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Photos: Aussies claim victory in San Francisco Sail GP Championship". The Mercury News. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Larry Ellison's SailGP eyes SF Bay finale, major sponsors". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Australia SailGP Team News, Features, Exclusives, Athletes, Stats". SailGP. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Tom Slingsby leads 'world's best sailors' two years running". Central Coast News. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "SailGP: Slingsby wins Grand Final and $1million in tight battle with Kiwis". sail-world.com. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds announced as co-owners of the 'Bonds Flying Roos', Australia's SailGP Team". SailGP . 5 June 2025. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "Seasons | SailGP History, Past Seasons, Historic Results". SailGP. Retrieved 19 November 2025.


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