..JESE sMONTA(*)!!

(*) tradotto dal mandarino: VOR65' spinto un po' al massimo che tende a perdere pezzi sostanziali della propria attrezzatura..




..notare a 12" cosa succede alla ruota del timone sottovento..

..praticamente gli si è disintegrata la parte di sottovento del rig per l'asimmetrico.. o qualcosa del genere..
..i dettagli, sul come sia stato possibile, lo spiegano PERFETTAMENTE qui..



..intanto le ragazze di team SCA galoppano..



..mentre alla Route du Rhum, per non essere da meno, in 24h di corsa ci sono stati sacchi e sacchi di ritiri.. compresi alcuni estremamente eccellenti..

The Multi50 fleet was hit badly by the harsh conditions. First to be affected was Maitre Jacques of Loic Fequet which suffered a damaged starboard float. His was the first of a series of accidents and damage. Gilles Buekenhout (Nootka) with a broken rudder; Hervé de Carlan (Delirium), damaged a daggerboard; Erik Nigon (Vers un Monde Sans SIDA) has ripped mainsail and Alain Delhumeau (Royan) was dismasted. There were six still on course this afternoon carrying on a spirited fight to continue their race to Guadeloupe. A tight duel is at hand between Yves Le Blevec (Actual) and Erwan Le Roux (FenêtréA Cardinal) who were racing just a few hundred metres apart this afternoon off the latitude of Les Sables d'Olonne.

ABANDONS AT MONDAY 1700hrs

Thomas Coville (Ultime - Sodebo Ultim') : collision with cargo ship

Bertrand de Broc (IMOCA - Votre Nom autour du Monde) : elbow injury and pilot damage

Alain Delhumeau (Multi50 - Royan) : dismasted

Loïc Fequet (Multi50 - Maître Jacques) : float damaged

Erik Nigon (Mulit50 - Un monde sans sida) : mainsail shredded

Gilles Buekenhout (Multi50 - Nootka Architectes de l'urgence) : rudder broken

François Angoulvant (Class40 - Team Sabrosa SR 40MK2) : lost keel

Marc Lepesqueux (Class40 - Sensation Class40) : lost keel

Nicolas Troussel (Class40 - Crédit Mutuel de Bretagne) : injury

Thierry Bouchard (Class40 - Wallfo.com) : injury

Arnaud Boissières (Class40 – Du Rhum au Globe) : technical problem‏