Oracle Team USA strategist Tom Slingsby confirmed that he will stay with the defender for the 35th America’s Cup.
Late September comments from Russell Coutts praising strategist Tom Slingsby:
“In my view, one of the guys who didn’t get enough credit was Tom,” Russell Coutts, Oracle’s chief executive officer, said on the day Oracle won the Cup in San Francisco. “The AC72s are in many ways a small-boat mentality, and I can tell you, five weeks ago, a lot of what Tom Slingbsy was proposing proved to be right. There’s a guy of the future.” Read full article.
From the official announcement:
“I had a really good experience last time and Oracle was great to me as a team. I know how good the people are who get involved in with this team, from the designers to the sailors,” Slingsby said. “Signing with Oracle gives me the best chance of winning another America’s Cup which is what I want to do.”