Dis-masting of the Sam Goodchild's sailboat VULNERABLE
5:15 PM today, while it was in fourth position in the New York – Vendée race, the sailboat VULNERABLE, skippered by the British sailor Sam Goodchild, dis-masted.
Sam is fine and is securing his boat. He is 150 miles from the island of Santa Maria in the Azores. Sam and his technical team, TR Racing, are currently studying the best solutions to bring the IMOCA safely to port. More information to follow.
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Louis Burton is forced to abandon the Vendée Globe
Around 1 p.m. (French time) on Wednesday, December 4, Louis Burton informed the Vendée Globe race management and his technical team that he was facing a serious failure of a mechanical rigging component on his IMOCA.
•••Dorange and Le Turquais – the thrill of daggerboard racing in the Vendée Globe
In recent days the focus in the Vendée Globe has been on the latest foilers, as the leading boats take on heavy weather in the Southern Indian Ocean. But further west, the daggerboard skippers in older boats are enjoying…
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