The New Zealand SailGP Team showed plenty of promising signs in Aarhus but a few errors proved costly in the light winds as it finished the Rockwool Denmark Sail Grand Prix in fifth position.
New Zealand’s returning Olympians Peter Burling, Blair Tuke, Josh Junior and Andy Maloney were racing together for the first time since the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix, and they started the day in fifth position following a solid first day of fleet racing.
But an eighth place finish in the opening fleet race of the day cost New Zealand dearly as it failed to make it into the ‘winner-takes-all’ final podium race despite an impressive third place finish in Race 5.
It was another dominant performance for Tom Slingsby’s Australia SailGP Team as the reigning SailGP champions emerged victorious to clinch back-to-back event wins and consolidate its position at the top of the ladder.
Wing trimmer Blair Tuke said: “We’ve got mixed feelings finishing in fifth place. We’ve done some really good things over the two race days but the results don’t lie; we weren’t quite good enough to get into the final race today.
