"Those moves have in turn led to cuts in the sailing crew, the most visible of which is the non-appointment of Dean Barker as skipper. In a statement issued by the team, the role of Skipper appears to have been abolished, and helming duties will be shared between wingsail trimmer, Glenn Ashby and 49er World Champion Peter Burling.
'The way it will work at this point is that Peter will sail the one design AC45 in the ACWS events. With his 49er regattas, by definition that means that he is not available somewhere else, and Glenn will drive the surrogate AC45. The original idea was that we would have two surrogates, and Dean would drive one and Glenn would drive the other. When we had to drop a surrogate, we had to make some other decisions.
'We hope and believe that Peter Burling will be able to move up to deal with the crew and the input and everything else that goes with sailing a big boat. In the meantime we are bringing Glenn along, who can already do all of that, as well.'
