As soon as I heard what had happened to Vestas Wind, I was…
As soon as I heard what had happened to Vestas Wind, I was worried about how the experience would affect Wouter Verbraak, the boat’s navigator. Here’s the first detailed public interview he’s done since the incident, with English subtitles.
It’s still not clear if the team is going to be able to rejoin the race at a later stage with a rebuilt boat, and it’s not clear if Wouter will be offered a place on the team if they do. But I hope they do, and he is.
This could have happened to anyone. Scapegoating Wouter for an error that was as much a process failure and a software failure as it was a navigator failure would be wrong.
Blaming people doesn’t solve problems. Acknowledging mistakes and learning from them solves problems.
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Tags: vor, volvo ocean race, team vestas wind, wouter verbraak.
