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America's Cup - Ainslie's Boarding Party - Frame by frame

by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World NZ on 28 May 2017
4 - Race 6 - Land Rover BAR and Softbank Team Japan collision - 35th America's Cup - Bermuda May 27, 2017 Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
Sail-World captured the incident at the start of Race 6 where Land Rover BAR (Ben Ainslie) mounted Softbank Team Japan - damaging the steering wheel and other deck damage to the Dean Barker skippered Challenger.

The British boat was holed but continued to sail.

The carbon shards can be seen hanging out of Land Rover Bar in a later shot during the final Race.












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