Extreme Sailing Series 2011 - Alinghi and Team Extreme Crash



1:08 PM Fri 27 May 2011 GMT
'Alinghi and Team Extreme crash - Extreme Sailing Series 2011' Mark Lloyd &copy
Extreme Sailing Series 2011 saw a big crash between Alinghi and Team Extreme in the fourth race of today (27th May) at Act 3 in Istanbul. The noise of the impact could be heard 500 metres away. In breezy conditions and gusts over 19 knots, it was a classic port/starboard incident, as Alinghi tried to go behind Team Extreme but didn't make it and hit Roland Gaebler's boat hard. With a large hole in the back of port hull, Team Extreme was kept afloat by a support RIB. They were towed to the technical area and craned out. Both Alinghi, ...


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