SailGP: Accidents, optimism in Denmark

The line-up of nine teams for the SailGP global sports league in Denmark is limping toward the start line as damage during practice may impact the racing in Copenhagen on August 19-20.

It started when the Spanish team’s rudder was damaged in an underwater collision while training, forcing the struggling team to miss crucial practice racing on the day before racing starts. Next down was the Great Britain SailGP Team which hit an uncharted rock just outside the racecourse boundary (see video).

SailGP’s Tech Services will be working through the night to get them both ready for the first race, and while the Spanish troubles look to be solvable, the Brits issues look to be too much to overcome with damage on the starboard side which snapped the head of the starboard rudder clean off along with problems to the foil and board case.

After incurring its share of damage last season, the U.S. SailGP Team has simply not been able to get out of their own way this season, with speed issues and mental errors placing them seventh overall after three events…

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