The Alinghi Crimson Bull Racing America’s Cup staff have suffered a second rig failure as they put together for the America’s Cup. All crew are secure and the boat us undamaged
Alinghi Crimson Bull Racing have right this moment, Tuesday 20 August, suffered a rig failure when out coaching on their AC75, simply two days earlier than the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta is because of get underway. The Swiss-flagged staff are scheduled to characteristic within the first race of the Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta in opposition to Orient Specific Racing Staff on Thursday August 22 at 14:00 CET.
The incident was confirmed by Alinghi Crimson Bull Racing in a publish on their social media channels. The posts reads:
“Immediately there was a rig failure through the early stage of coaching on BoatOne. Everyone onboard is secure, and an investigation shall be carried out sooner or later. Within the meantime, the staff stays totally targeted on racing.”
TEAM STATEMENT ℹ️ @americascup #AlinghiRedBullRacing #AmericasCup pic.twitter.com/xzgVENaC4q
— alinghiredbullracing (@alinghiredbull) August 20, 2024
Of concern to the staff shall be two key details. Firstly that is the second important rig failure Alinghi has skilled this yr with a earlier mast failure on 13 June 2024. The second issue that shall be of concern is the comparatively mild winds and unremarkable sea state forecast right this moment in Barcelona. These two details collectively might point out some basic concern within the groups masts… after all it might additionally simply be unhealthy luck.
That the staff state they’re ‘totally focussed on racing’ is sweet information and would indicate that they do have a spare mast that they’ll use. Certainly we perceive they did have one other mast delivered to their base sooner or later in early August. They are going to now be hoping that there isn’t a basic underlying concern with their mast development.
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