...while it absolutely sucks that he destroyed his wing I know for a fact that there were plenty of things that he would have done differently.
Karl
Aethon wasn't sailing with the new wing, but with the old one, from Cogito. The new one wasn't ready in time.
I guess they could race against Canaan with the new wing in a few weeks, if they wanted to. Anyway, Steve Clarke will have plenty of time to optimize his new wing and boat before the next LAC. He might also build something new.