USA wins Spain Sail Grand Prix

After Jimmy Spithill’s USA Team narrowly advanced out of the qualifying stage at Spain Sail Grand Prix, they clobbered Denmark and Australia in the winner-take-all final to claim the fifth event of the season on October 14-15 in Cádiz, Spain.

With the USA team including new flight controller Taylor Canfield on day one, Canfield had to watch on day two as lighter winds reduced the crew to four, but it is in the non-foiling conditions that Spithill has proven dangerous, and it was that scenario in which they claimed the third slot in the finals.

Denmark and reigning champion Australia had dominated the qualifiers, and they got off the line in that order with USA trailing with a pre-start penalty. “Nothing pretty about that start – it was 100 percent my fault,” said Spithill. “I didn’t see the boundary.”

But opportunity came after the teams rounded the first mark in that order…

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