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EPISODE · May 20, 2026 · 27 MIN

How Technology Has Changed Starts Forever — with Todd Wilson

from Sailfaster: The Podcast For Racing Sailors · host Pete Boland

GPS-based starting systems are changing sailboat racing — whether sailors like it or not.  In this episode, Pete Boland talks to Todd Wilson, co-founder of Vakaros, about how RaceSense and modern GPS technology are transforming starts, protests, race management, and training.(Note this is NOT a sponsored episode!)Todd explains why even elite sailors struggle to ping a line accurately, how RaceSense works, why starts are becoming tighter and more aggressive, how Olympic, J/70, and TP52 fleets are adapting.. and why he was “happy to lose a protest” using his own system’s dataIt’s a fascinating look at the technology reshaping competitive sailing — from club racing to the Olympic level.

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