SailGP just announced the first 6 race locations for 2026, and Halifax is back in June! From the Release:

In 2026, the Rolex SailGP Championship will set sail in Perth, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro, Bermuda, New York, Halifax, Portsmouth, Saint-Tropez and Dubai, followed by the winner-takes-all Grand Final in Abu Dhabi….

The full calendar – including remaining host cities and dates – will be confirmed in due course…
This 2025 Season, SailGP welcomed a record fleet of 12 national teams, including two new additions to the start line: the Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team and Red Bull Italy SailGP Team. The championship has confirmed plans to add two new expansion teams to its roster in 2026.

As far as the 2025 season goes, the Next race is Rio was cancelled after Australia suffered a wing failure in San Francisco. SailGP has identified a defect in the wings. New Zealand had also suffered a similar failure in a previous season. Both teams boats were built and sailed in the 2017 Americas Cup. The Next event will be in June in New York.

The Tuffs Cove power station is able to produce power using with natural gas or Bunker C Oil, and maintains a supply of Oil. the power plant is visited by a tanker usually around once a year to top up the tanks.

Larvik sailed from Houston, and arrived March 2. the ship was built in 2006 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering in Yokosuka Japan. its commercial operations are run out of Norway, but the ship is manged from Singapore.

On Feb 15, the container ship MSC Baltic III, Montreal for Cornerbrook, was sailing off the coast of Newfoundland when it lost power and drifted onto the shore. The 20 crew were rescued by an RCAF Cormorant out of Gander.

T&T marine salvage have been hired by MSC, and the coast guard is standing by, however work is being hampered by weather

View our Initial report:

And Latest update.

Crews are currently evaluating the situation. No pollution has been detected, however several containers have been damaged. and the hull is showing signs of stress.