Regatas Vendee Globe 2016

[caribdis]

Originalmente publicado por jiauka

HA usado la botavara como mástil

Yo entiendo que el mástil partió en dos y que subió el tormentín en los 7 metros de palo que le quedan (y sigue teniendo la botavara)..

“When I break something or mess up a manœuvre, I accept the responsibility, but this is hard to take. There was 25-26 knots of wind and I was sailing cautiously with two reefs in the mainsail. The boat went surfing on a wave and I heard a bang. I thought it was an outrigger. I rushed outside to take the helm and saw I no longer had a mast. It was a loop on the backstay that had snapped. The mast broke in two. During the night there was a lot of slamming and the mast was banging around with the sails in the water. I did what I could to make sure I didn’t get any holes in the deck. The spreaders were rubbing. It was hell. In the end I threw everything in the water, the mainsail and mast. I started the engine and got a couple hours rest. I ate and then took care of the boom before hoisting the storm sail on the 7m of the mast that is left. I’m now heading for Melbourne.”