Sailing-New Zealand to miss out on Italy SailGP due to spare wing not arriving on time

16.09.2023 - 02:21 channelnewsasia.com

New Zealand's SailGP team will not be able to compete in Taranto, Italy, due to the impossibility of transporting and fitting a replacement wing sail in time, SailGP said on Friday.The dramatic collapse of the New Zealand team's 29-metre wing sail was caused by a misalignment in Saint-Tropez last weekend."We're working closely with the league to chart a path forward from here.

That includes reviewing the rules for redress and compensatory points to ensure this forced non-participation does not further hinder our results this season," said Blair Tuke, New Zealand's wing trimmer and co-executive director, in the statement from the SailGP organisers.

Following the incident, SailGP investigated options for transporting a spare wing from the fleet and assembling it so the team would be ready to compete, but this has been prevented by shipping deadlines.

In addition, any replacement would have required extensive configuration and testing once it arrives on site so it would not have been ready within the short time between events.

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