Slingsby returns from paternity leave with a challenge for younger SailGP skippers
Tom Slingsby returned from paternity leave to find himself as the senior statesman of SailGP, ready to keep pushing Team Australia toward another big payday while also challenging the younger skippers to step it up in the global league. Slingsby is back at the wheel of Team Australia's “Flying Roo” foiling catamaran for SailGP's debut in Abu Dhabi on Saturday and Sunday at the midpoint of Season 4. Since that regatta, star skippers Jimmy Spithill and Ben Ainslie have announced their retirements from racing in the 10-team league.