Sad incident in all respects, firstly due to the loss of a capable pilot's life and also of the possible knee-jerk reaction by the local authorities who could decide to curtail such events in the future, without understanding that these accidents are always a possibility with this type of sport.
It would be interesting to see if the met conditions were a factor. Wind was about 10-12 kts from the NE i.e. straight into the port, and the funnelling effect which occurs at that location is a well known phenomenon to the local yachtsmen where large wind speed and direction variations are observed.
Gabor R.I.P.