Mateusz Kusnierewicz tells Andy Rice what he thinks about a Sudden Death format (like the Star Sailors League) to decide Olympic medals, and how he won Olympic Gold without a watch....
Recent catastrophes in the Vendee Globe - not least the dramatic self-destruction of IMOCA 60 PRB - show that sailing really needs to up its game. The aviation industry and Formula One learned this hard lesson a long time ago and produced an industry-wide feedback system that has made commercial flight and F1 infinitely safer than they used to be. Sailing still hasn't responded to its wake-up call...
Both Sébastien Simon and Sam Davies hit floating objects within hours of each other yesterday at the gateway to the Indian Ocean and sustained damage to their IMOCAs...
