{"id":399649,"date":"2024-06-03T07:28:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T07:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=399649"},"modified":"2024-06-03T21:08:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T21:08:23","slug":"dramatic-aussie-capsize-a-dangerous-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=399649","title":{"rendered":"Dramatic Aussie capsize a 'dangerous situation'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Giles Scott of Emirates Great Britain earned his first SailGP<\/a> victory on Monday morning (AEST), shortly after three-time defending champion Tom Slingsby<\/a> and Team Australia capsized in a dramatic moment in the rainy, blustery inaugural ROCKWOOL Canadian Sail Grand Prix Halifax.<\/p>\n

Scott, who elevated to skipper for Team Great Britain after Sir Ben Ainslie stepped aside in January, beat France and Denmark in the first all-European podium race in the four seasons of tech billionaire Larry Ellison's global league.<\/p>\n

While Scott enjoyed his first Champagne shower as skipper, a frustrated Slingsby said a technical issue led to the capsize of his 50-foot foiling catamaran that might have cost the Aussies a spot in the podium race.<\/p>\n

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The Aussies were leading the fifth and final fleet race when the Flying Roo suddenly rolled over, with the tip of its wingsail – adorned with the outline of a yellow kangaroo – resting in the water.<\/p>\n

Unlike Team USA's scary capsize in Bermuda<\/a> that saw crew members fall through the wing earlier this year, the Australia's thankfully escaped unharmed.<\/p>\n

Slingsby said he fell out of the cockpit and was able to hold on, and that strategist Natasha Bryant could have easily fallen.<\/p>\n

"We were just as shocked as anyone," \ufeffsaid Slingsby.<\/p>\n

"We were just going upwind and got out to a nice lead and were happy until the wing inverted the wrong way.<\/p>\n

\"Team<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a pretty dangerous situation how quickly it happened but everyone's safe.<\/p>\n

"We saw this happen with the US team in Bermuda, but the difference is that theirs was caused by human error – someone accidentally pressing the button to invert the wing – whereas ours was caused by the tech malfunctioning.<\/p>\n

"We've got to just be thankful for that and try to get the boat working and we've got two events to try to pull back in."<\/p>\n

The Aussies almost capsized in the fourth fleet race, heeling over dangerously before getting the cat under control.<\/p>\n

It was just the second time in SailGP history that a team from Down Under wasn't in the podium race.<\/p>\n

It was a huge victory for Scott, a two-time Olympic<\/a> gold medalist who became skipper when Ainslie stepped aside on January 4, mostly to focus on the America's Cup later this year.<\/p>\n

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Ainslie, the most decorated Olympic sailor in history with four golds and a silver, remains CEO and majority owner of the British SailGP team. Scott is on Ainslie's America's Cup team, INEOS Britannia.<\/p>\n

Scott had a remarkably consistent weekend, going 3-5-2-3-2 in the fleet races before dominating the podium race in rain and gusting wind.<\/p>\n

Britain reached the podium race for the first time since Ainslie skippered it to consecutive regatta wins in September.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuzzing. Absolutely buzzing,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAwesome day. Just feel very fortunate to have an amazing crew to sail with. We nailed it this weekend. Really stoked.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott's crew includes strategist Hannah Mills, the most-decorated female Olympic sailor with two golds and a silver.<\/p>\n

\"Team<\/p>\n

The British are sixth in the season standings, 13 points out of podium position with two regattas to go before the $2 million, winner-take-all Grand Final among the top three boats on July 15 in San Francisco (AEST).<\/p>\n

New Zealand, led by reigning two-time America's Cup champion helmsman Peter Burling, continues to lead the season standings.<\/p>\n

Diego Botin of Spain jumped into second place overall, 11 points behind the Kiwis and one point ahead of the Aussies, who are six points clear of France.<\/p>\n

Spain finished fourth, the Kiwis fifth and the Aussies seventh in Halifax.<\/p>\n

Slingsby said the Aussies had an issue in the fourth race with the button that inverts the wingsail.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn't know what happened and we sort of scrambled our way out of it, managed to not capsize,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere was a button malfunction. Essentially the boat registered that a button had been pressed which hadn't been. When this button on the boat malfunctions and it inverts the wing it's pretty much an instant capsize.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slingsby said the boat's electronics got wet and the shore crew was having a hard time getting the foils up to crane it out of the water.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt's turned into a bit of a major,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Sail GP Australia released a statement on the incident on Monday (AEST).<\/p>\n

"Today, the Australia Team capsized in Halifax during the last upwind leg of fleet race five," the statement began.<\/p>\n

"All athletes are accounted for and no injuries were sustained.<\/p>\n

\"Australia's<\/p>\n

"The boat has been recovered and the extent of the damage is currently being assessed. Further details will be released as they become available."<\/p>\n

Due to high winds that limited the ability to safely crane all 10 catamarans into the water, Switzerland and the United States weren't able to race Monday morning (AEST).<\/p>\n

The shore crew craned boats into the water based on the standings from Sunday (AEST).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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