Tom Slingsby pulls a rabbit out of the hat in New York

Despite a weekend of chaos in New York, SailGP season-leaders the Bonds Flying Roos took their third consecutive win after a superb battle with Emirates Team GBR in the event final.

Image © Jason Ludlow for SailGP

SailGP’s fourth visit to New York got off to a bad start on Friday when the F50 fleet could not be launched due to the British QE2 cruise liner arriving in the port and blocking the SailGP craning area. Things went from bad to worse on Saturday morning when strong winds meant that only the top four teams in the season standings – Australia, Great Britain, Spain, and USA – could be craned in ahead of the racing window.

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