NorthStar Canadas Billy Gooderham cleared of serious injury after Auckland mishap [Video]

Canadian sailor Billy Gooderham has been cleared of serious injury after an incident on board saw his team miss a day of SailGP’s Auckland debut.

Gooderham, the flight controller for the NorthStar Canada SailGP team, was transported to the hospital after injuring his right shoulder and ribs on Sunday.

The team had made their way out on to the course with the rest of the fleet and were going through their pre-race warm-ups, but ultimately did not make it to the starting line for the day after an incident left Gooderham unable to continue.

“He really copped a big one in our first round-up of the day. He was on the leeward side and we turned up, had a high fly and a big stuff, and a big wall of water just knocked him over,” driver Giles Scott said.

“After the incident, he was conscious and talking, but he went …