At the America’s Cup World Series on San Francisco Bay, Oracle Team USA Coutts (Russell Coutts) crashed out in spectacular fashion on Friday, hitting the Race Committee boat at speed during the start of fleet race number three. The veteran had been trying to squeeze into a narrow gap between the start boat and his stablemate, Oracle Team USA Spithill (Jimmy Spithill), but there wasn’t enough room and a violent collision resulted.
‘I thought there might be a gap there, and there wasn’t,’ said Coutts. ‘It was a tough break. I didn’t think it was that risky. I thought they were going to turn down and start the race and they just kept turning up and shut the door.’    … Pictures and more
Fleet Race 3 ORACLE TEAM USA COUTTS crash into the Race Committee boat in the start. Russell and the boys were not able to race as their AC45 full sustained damage. Stay tune for full replays and story post racing.