More SailGP crashes, injuries inevitable: Tom Slingsby
By Jasper Bruce
Tom Slingsby says more crashes and injuries are inevitable for SailGP following a horror collision in Auckland, but does not expect they’ll come at the high-speed sailing league’s Sydney regatta.
Organisers are considering fitting the SailGP fleet with airbags and kevlar safety straps after NZ grinder Louis Sinclair broke both his legs and France’s Manon Audinet spent two weeks in hospital with a chest injury when their catamarans crashed at this month’s Auckland event.
Both sailors have since been discharged from hospital but France and New Zealand remain absent from the third event of the SailGP calendar on Sydney Harbour this weekend.
Calmer winds are forecast for the Sydney regatta, to be raced in twilight on Saturday and Sunday, though the easterly breeze will still make for challenging sailing.