SailGP: Baptism by fire on opening day of SailGP Bermuda
New Zealand SailGP Team helmed by Peter Burling in Friday action during Bermuda SailGP © Bob Martin/SailGP The surprise of the first day of racing in SailGP Bermuda was the performance of the three America's Cup skippers and their star studded teams - all finishing outside the top three on the overnight leaderboard. In particular, few pundits would have expected the current America's Cup champions to be in a very safe eighth in the eight boat fleet. In Race 2 of the three sailed on Day 1, the three America's Cup skippers made up the last three places across the line. At the top ...
Source: sail-world.com