‘The world needs to know more about this’ says Ryan Reynolds. Is high-speed sailing finally getting its moment in the limelight?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 ImagesRyan Reynolds has his fingers in a lot of (sport-related) pies. A recent clip from SailGP shows him taking a wild ride onboard the 50ft high-speed catamaran the Flying Roo.
\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.
\n\u2018The world needs to know more about this.\u2019
\nGiven 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 team.<\/p>\n
SailGP is Reynolds latest multi-media venture
\nThe 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.
\nIn the FX documentary series Welcome to Wrexham, two Hollywood actors (Reynolds and Rob McElhenney of It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) pull a real-life Ted Lasso, bringing Wrexham F.C. from underdog to fan-favourite despite having no experience managing a football club.
\nOn 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.
\nRob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds at FX\u2019s Welcome to Wrexham FYC Event. Photo by Gilbert Flores\/Variety via Getty Images
\nOn 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.
\nAlongside 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,\u00a0largely credited with bringing wider media attention to F1 racing.
\nNow, it seems like sailing could be the next sport to get the star treatment.
\nDisney+\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.
\nRyan 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
\nIs a high-speed sailing docuseries too good to be true?
\nThe Disney+ venture is far from the first attempt at a series of this kind.
\nThough SailGP has tried to mimic Drive to Survive\u2018s success with the Racing on the Edge docuseries, first launched in 2021 in partnership with Rolex, the project has garnered little mainstream attention.
\nOutside 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.
\nWith little news of the series since, it leaves room to doubt whether a sailing-focused series in this style has legs.
\nRyan 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
\nBut 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.
\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.
\nEric 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
\nSounds like great news for fans of high-octane sailing\u2026 if the series ever materialises.
\nMore celebrities in SailGP
\nEwan 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
\nBeyond Reynolds, the Sixth Sailor Experience is proving a real rollercoaster for other adventurous celebrities.
\nIn preparation for his upcoming series\u00a0True Wind, 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.
\n\u2018It\u2019s like an extraordinary adrenaline rush,\u2019 McGregor says of hitting speeds of over 40 knots.
\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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