Complex sentence: As the name suggests, damage to boats and equipment is indeed common during bumps racing; but an outright collision is neither necessary nor encouraged--the cox of the boat being bumped can concede as soon as slight physical contact occurs or even once it is inevitable.
Split into simpler sentences: As the name suggests, damage to boats and equipment is indeed common during bumps racing. Homever an outright collision is neither necessary nor encouraged--the cox of the boat being bumped can concede as soon as slight physical contact occurs or even once it is inevitable.