Australia dominated on the first day of the third round of the SailGP season on Saturday as skipper Tom Slingsby nailed his starts to give the home team wins in two of the four races in tricky conditions on Sydney harbour.

Australia won two of four races on the first day of its home SailGP event on Sydney Harbour to finish the day atop the points table ahead of Britain and France.

Australia yesterday won two of four races on the first day of the SailGP Sydney event on Sydney Harbour to finish the day atop the points table ahead of Britain and a French team who made an outstanding return after missing the first two events of the season.

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.

Great Britain has lost the lead and regained it to beat Canada and Australia in a thrilling three-boat final in the Sydney leg of SailGP.

Australia have capitalised on some sizzling starts on day one of the Sydney SailGP event to lead by five points after winning the last two of the four races.