NEWSF50 technology is identical10/08/2022Save articleSailGP’s LiveLine feature showing course boundaries and distances on the water, communications and umpire decisions all have one feature in common – that of data.SHOW FULLSCREENEach boat taking part in SailGP has 30,000 sensors fitted to provide real time information. Photo courtesy SailGPEach of the competing F50 foiling catamarans taking part in the sailing championship have 30,000 sensors fitted to a variety of components, feeding live data from the racecourse to a centre in London in milliseconds due to a partnership with Oracle.And what makes SailGP different to many worldwide sporting events is that all the competing teams have access to the same data and onboard technology.“The technology on the boats is the same, meaning any new teams coming in don’t have to start at the beginning,” explained Warren Jones, director of technology at SailGP.“From the rudder differential to the pressure on the foils, there’s so much information that we process. All the teams have access to the same data, real time data; the only difference between the teams and boats is the athletes on board.“Our goal is to give as much technology to the athletes as possible, for them to go out and go faster. They can analyse how a successful tack was made for example.”And Warren explained that the data is also used by the umpires meaning no on-the-water umpires are required.“We send raw data to Oracle, patterns and alerts and the umpire looks at the data,” he said. “When a boat crosses the boundary or there’s an infringement it’s automatically logged.“Everything is done from London; the umpires don’t need to travel.”He added: “We’ve got the infrastructure; we don’t have to be on site, and we have the ability to scale up our product.”TopicsdataF50foiling catamaranIndustry NewsOracleSailGP

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