A makeshift crew will look to maintain New Zealand’s building momentum in SailGP when the third regatta of the global league is held in England this weekend. Wing trimmer Jason Saunders, who replaced Tuke in Italy, is pumped for another opportunity in Portsmouth with racing held on Sunday and Monday (NZT). Going into it, I was thinking there’s going to be a lot going on, it’s such a crazy boat. Burling and Tuke did a lot of long-distance coaching via Zoom calls in Italy, but Saunders feels they can scale that back now. We weren’t expecting much, and we ended up third and learnt a lot,” Saunders said.

Source: Stuff July 13, 2021 00:21 UTC