This was the first race of the Rolex SailGP 2025 Season Championship, the starting gun on an intense, globetrotting league that puts the world's most decorated sailors on its fastest racing boats.

SailGP—a portmanteau of “sailing” and ... amid a flurry of helicopters, drones, chase boats, and robotic buoys. It takes a moment to discern any rhyme or reason in what looks like complete ...