Emirates Team New Zealand capsized Tuesday at the start of an America’s Cup challenger semifinal race against Britain on Bermuda’s stormy Great Sound, throwing three crewmen into the water and extensively damaging its 50-foot catamaran. The catamaran eventually settled onto its side, resting on its port hull with three sailors suspended in the airborne starboard hull. These boats are incredibly hard to sail and these things can happen. Burling said the capsize “was fully our error” as the boat accelerated and got high on its foils. Team New Zealand damaged its wing sail prior to the day’s first race and went back to shore to swap it out.

Source: National Post June 07, 2017 18:47 UTC