Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds Join Australia's SailGP Team as Co-owners

New owners of Australia's Champion SailGP Team Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds. Picture: Getty Images.

Australia’s champion SailGP team has announced it has landed acting superstars Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds as new co-owners as part of a landmark deal.

Jackman and Reynolds are joining Australia’s team driver and CEO Tom Slingsby, who has also become a co-owner, while Australian underwear brand BONDS has joined as the team’s official title partner.

Likened to Formula One on water, SailGP pits 12 national crews in identical 50-foot foiling catamarans, ripping past 100 km/h just metres from shore in the world’s most iconic harbours.

Led by Olympic gold medallist Slingsby, Australia has dominated the league, winning three championships in four seasons, and is now embarks on a new chapter aimed at supercharging fan engagement.

Austrlaia’s team will now be known as the BONDS Flying Roos, with the rebranded F50 boat unveiled ahead of this weekend’s SailGP event in New York, where it will race against the backdrop of the Statue of Liberty and NYC skyline.

Landing the Hollywood stars as co-owners and BONDS as a title partner is a major coup for the Aussies, who won the first three seasons of SailGP and lead the standings by one point midway though season five.

Now 10 of the 12 SailGP teams are privately owned, with this being Jackman and Reynolds’ first foray into Australian sport ownership.

Jackman and Reynolds commented: “We’re incredibly excited to set sail together in this new adventure. Hugh brings a deep love for and pride in his home country as well as being an avid fan of sailing.