{"id":805,"date":"2026-06-02T15:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yachtersworld.com\/?p=805"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:06:16","slug":"sailgp-gets-the-star-treatment-new-disney-docuseries-announced-with-ryan-reynolds-and-hugh-jackman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yachtersworld.com\/?p=805","title":{"rendered":"SailGP gets the star treatment \u2013 New Disney+ docuseries announced with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘The world needs to know more about this’ says Ryan Reynolds. Is high-speed sailing finally getting its moment in the limelight?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ryan Reynolds, co-owner of BONDS Flying Roos SailGP Team, looks on after joining the BONDS Flying Roos SailGP Team for a sixth sailor experience ahead of the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix on May 8, 2026 in Bermuda. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 5 2026 Season. Photo by Felix Diemer\/SailGP via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ryan Reynolds has his fingers in a lot of (sport-related) pies. A recent clip<\/a> from SailGP<\/a> shows him taking a wild ride onboard the 50ft high-speed catamaran the Flying Roo.<\/p>\n

\u2018That was unbelievable, one of the most insane things I\u2019ve ever experienced in my entire life,\u2019 he exults, careening around at 45 knots in a practice race under the tutelage of Tom Slingsby as part of the Sixth-Sailor Experience.<\/p>\n

\u2018The world needs to know more about this.\u2019<\/p>\n

Given Reynolds\u2019 reaction it\u2019s little surprise that days later came the announcement of Disney+\u2019s yet-unnamed SailGP series, starring Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and the BONDS Flying Roos<\/a> team.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Reynolds, co-owner of BONDS Flying Roos SailGP Team, sits alongside Tom Slingsby, driver of BONDS Flying Roos SailGP Team in the Rolex SailGP Championship Event 5 2026 Season. Photo by Jason Ludlow\/SailGP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

SailGP is Reynolds latest multi-media venture<\/h2>\n

The news follows the success of Reynolds\u2019 previous sport-related media ventures, including his takeover of Wrexham F.C. and\u00a0involvement in the Alpine F1 team.<\/p>\n

In the FX documentary series Welcome to Wrexham<\/em>, two Hollywood actors (Reynolds and Rob McElhenney of It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia<\/em>) pull a real-life Ted Lasso, bringing Wrexham F.C. from underdog to fan-favourite despite having no experience managing a football club.<\/p>\n

On the screen, the series went on to win on 10 Emmys and enjoy a multi-season renewal; on the field, Wrexham F.C enjoyed an incredibly successful takeover and more widespread commercial appeal.<\/p>\n

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Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds at FX\u2019s Welcome to Wrexham FYC Event. Photo by Gilbert Flores\/Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On the back of the project\u2019s success, Reynolds and McElhenney were tapped by Renault to help give their Alpine Formula1 team, and the sport more broadly, its moment in the limelight.<\/p>\n

Alongside Rob McElhenney and Michael B. Jordan, Reynolds became a key investor in the Alpine Formula1 team. He even appeared in the hit Netflix show Drive to Survive,\u00a0<\/em>largely credited with bringing wider media attention to F1 racing.<\/p>\n

Now, it seems like sailing could be the next sport to get the star treatment.<\/p>\n

Disney+\u2019s new premium docuseries will follow SailGP Australia\u2019s BONDS Flying Roos and celebrity co-owners Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds throughout the racing season.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Reynolds, co-owner of BONDS Flying Roos SailGP Team, joins the BONDS Flying Roos SailGP Team for a team photo prior to racing on Race Day 1 of the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix. Photo by Simon Bruty\/SailGP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Is a high-speed sailing docuseries too good to be true?<\/h2>\n

The Disney+ venture is far from the first attempt at a series of this kind.<\/p>\n

Though SailGP has tried to mimic Drive to Survive<\/em>\u2018s success with the Racing on the Edge<\/i> docuseries, first launched in 2021 in partnership with Rolex, the project has garnered little mainstream attention.<\/p>\n

Outside the SailGP universe, the America\u2019s Cup had announced that it would also launch a Hollywood-backed documentary only for the project to be quietly dropped.<\/p>\n

With little news of the series since, it leaves room to doubt whether a sailing-focused series in this style has legs.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Reynolds, co-owner of BONDS Flying Roos SailGP Team, looks on inside the team hanger as he joins the BONDS Flying Roos SailGP Team prior to racing on Race Day 1 of the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix.\u00a0 Photo by Simon Bruty\/SailGP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But with Disney+ involved, an increased push on social media, and Reynolds\u2019 proven success, it seems like the new project from SailGP may finally break through.<\/p>\n

\u2018This is [mine and Jackman\u2019s] first collaboration since Deadpool & Wolverine and we once again anticipate action, comedy, heart but with a lot more water,\u2019 said Jackman and Reynolds, co-owners of the BONDS Flying Roos.<\/p>\n

Eric Schrier, President, Direct-to-Consumer International Originals, Strategic Programming, and Emerging Media at Disney+ adds,\u00a0\u2018Following Ryan, Hugh and the SailGP\u2019s BONDS Flying Roos Australian team\u2019s journey gives us a remarkable inside view of this thrilling sport and what it takes to compete at the highest level.\u2019<\/p>\n

Sounds like great news for fans of high-octane sailing\u2026 if the series ever materialises.<\/p>\n

More celebrities in SailGP<\/h2>\n
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Ewan McGregor on his sixth sailor experience on Race Day 1 of the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix. Rolex SailGP Championship Event 6 2026 Season on May 30, 2026 in New York City. Photo by Ricardo Pinto for SailGP\/SailGP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Beyond Reynolds, the Sixth Sailor Experience is proving a real rollercoaster for other adventurous celebrities.<\/p>\n

In preparation for his upcoming series\u00a0True Wind, <\/em>in which McGregor and his childhood friend Eric Strickland will take on a transatlantic sailing adventure, the pair joined SailGP team Emirates GBR onboard the F50.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s like an extraordinary adrenaline rush,\u2019 McGregor says of hitting speeds of over 40 knots.<\/p>\n

\u2018Just the speed and the G-force in the corners, the speed is amazing. You realise immediately you\u2019ve got no idea what you\u2019re doing. It was one hell of a sailing lesson \u2013 I loved it, I had such a great time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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