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Adriano Plotzky attends the SailGP event at Praia do Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro — the first SailGP stop in Latin America — and covers it from multiple vantage points: the public grandstand, a hidden spot near a race buoy, and the VIP area. The foiling catamarans, which weigh 2.5 tonnes and carry rigid wing sails instead of conventional sails, reach speeds above 100 km/h.34:35 A flight controller manages the foils via joystick to keep the boat airborne; a wing trimmer regulates the wing for speed; a strategist reads wind and tactics.14:30 Autonomous GPS-guided buoys reposition themselves relative to wind direction with minimal operator input, using the same telemetry infrastructure as Formula 1.2:41 Each boat streams real-time wind and trim data to all competing teams.40:00 Brazil's entry was delayed by mechanical and electrical problems, eventually finishing two fifth-place results.10:06 Sweden won the opening race; Australia took the event.37:48 Team ownership valuations have reached $60 million, and crews include Olympic champions such as British strategist Paul Goodson.20:21 Adriano interviews a sailing journalist who calls Rio's SailGP stage the culmination of Brazil's Olympic sailing legacy — the country leads all sports with eight sailing gold medals.27:37 Races last 8–10 minutes, formatted for broadcast, a deliberate trade-off between sporting purity and mass-audience accessibility.44:16

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