Former Team USA CEO and skipper Jimmy Spithill will take the wheel of Team Australia's “Flying Roo” foiling catamaran in SailGP's Dubai regatta on Dec. 9-10 while friend and countryman Tom Slingsby is on paternity leave. Slingsby's wife, Helena, is expecting the couple's first child. Spithill, a two-time America's Cup champion, is available to fill in for Slingsby after leaving Team USA prior to its sale to a private American group on Wednesday.
UK workplace products reseller Slingsby has said its operations have been disrupted by the insolvency of one of its main logistics partners. Although Slingsby didn’t name Tuffnells as the firm in question, the leading parcel delivery company collapsed in June with the loss of more than 2,000 jobs. Slingsby said operations had been impacted in
Three-time defending SailGP champion Tom Slingsby and Team Australia navigated through a tight course and marginal conditions to take the lead of the Oracle Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix with finishes of first, second and fourth Saturday in fleet races on the Port of L.A.'s Outer Harbor. Minutes after racing ended, four-time Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel hopped aboard the Germany SailGP Team's foiling 50-foot catamaran and took the wheel for some speed runs. Vettel is an investor in the new team that is skippered by two-time Olympic medalist Erik Heil.