Public apology to Russell Coutts

From sailing journalists everywhere...

Public apology to Russell Coutts
Image © Bob Martin for SailGP

Russell

On behalf of all sailing journalists around the world who have had the temerity to have written anything that could be considered critical of SailGP, please accept our sincere and heartfelt collective apologies.

Please forgive us for caring enough about the sport of competitive sailing to express our personal opinions on how SailGP might be made safer for the sailors and more entertaining for the fans. What on earth were we thinking? We realise now that our views and those of our audiences hold no value whatsoever.

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