'Could kill someone': Aussies 'in shock' after crash
New Zealand won its home leg of the SailGP series on Sunday to take the overall series lead from Australia, who collided with a mark in the first fleet race of the day and took no further part in the event.
By winning the ninth leg of the series New Zealand moved one point ahead of Australia in the championship standings with only two events remaining in Bermuda and Halifax before the series final in New York in June.
The Aussies cruelled themselves when their boat crashed while trying to avoid the Canadians when trying to make a turn.
“That is really not good,” commentator Stevie Morrison said.
“They’re not really ready, they’re not expecting to turn. That boundary came up real quick.
“Look at that, oh my days.”
Aussie skipper Tom Slingsby had to made a hard turn to avoid a disastrous crash into the Canadians.
“It all happened so quickly but at that moment I knew that we were going to hit Canada, so I had a choice to make and I wanted to keep people safe so I turned the boat as hard as I could into the course mark,” Slingsby said.
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