Andrew Rice

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Andrew Rice |Aimee Lewis

May's SailGP Championship event which was set to be held in Rio de Janeiro for the first time has been cancelled after a defect was found in some of the fleet's wingsails. Before the start of the final 11-boat race in San Francisco in March, Australia's wingsail - the rigid, vertical sail that powers the F50 catamarans used in the Championship - shattered into pieces in a moment team leader Tom Slingsby later called a "scary situation".