SailGP wing trimmers play musical chairs as three top names switch allegiances
Three of SailGP’s premier wing trimmers – Iain Jensen, Chris Draper, and Stuart Bithell – have sparked a dramatic pre-season shake-up, switching teams in a high-stakes game of musical chairs,
Today saw the first major transfer announcements of the SailGP close season with arguably the circuit’s three top-flight wing trimmers – Iain Jensen, Chris Draper, and Stuart Bithell – each switching teams in a three-way swap out.
Triggering the domino effect of transfer moves was the news that Draper had left Tom Slingsby’s Australian BONDS Flying Roos after just one season on the Aussie F50 to join the Season 6 newcomers – Nathan Outteridge’s Swedish Artemis syndicate.
Next to jump was Jensen, who left the freshly-crowned Season 5 champions Emirates Team GBR to join Slingsby and his other countrymen, replacing Draper in the Australian crew.
Finally, the third piece in the jigsaw was Bithell’s move from Eric Heil’s Germany by Deutsche Bank team to join his fellow Brits at Emirates Team GBR.
There is logic behind all three…