The French team will return to action for the first time this year to ensure a full fleet of 12 boats takes part in the Sydney leg of the SailGP series on Saturday and Sunday. France missed the first two legs of the series in Dubai in November and Auckland in January because of equipment problems and will compete in Sydney with a new F50 catamaran.

Australia’s dominant SailGP team is aiming to win on home waters yet again this weekend, but they’ll have to do it without a key member of their championship three-peat after an off-season shake-up.

The most exciting racing on water returns tomorrow after a wet and wild day of practice on Sydney Harbor. SailGP celebrates the return of France, who re-joins the Rolex SailGP Championship after missing the first two stops of the season.

Australian Tom Slingsby is ready to deny New Zealand a chance at redemption when the trans-Tasman rivals hit the water for the Sydney SailGP.