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4 Apr 2012, 17:31UTC
Groupama suspend racing with broken mast
Yann Riou/Groupama Sailing Team/Volvo Ocean Race
Groupama sailing team suspended racing from the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race after the mast broke just above the first spreader.
The crew are all safe, with the boat around 60 nautical miles south of Punta del Este.
"We just lost the rig now, all the crew is safe. We are working to stabilise the rig on the boat. Not easy," skipper Franck Cammas told Race HQ.
"We suspend the race now and have a look at what doing. We are 59 miles to Punta del Este."
Groupama 4 was holding a narrow lead over Puma in the leg from Auckland to Itajaí in southern Brazil when the incident was reported to Race control around 1540 UTC.
Volvo Ocean Race will release more information as it becomes available.
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Comments
mered,,,,,head up and keep going,my hart is with you.
All the more frustrating Groupama had sailed all the hardest part of the leg very cautiously yet fast enough to be the rightful leader. I don't think Franck's seamanship can be questionned!
This doesn't have anything to do with "poor quality" - quite the opposite. This is the definition of "bad ass real-world testing" (maybe too real).
quelle tristesse......!!! apres toutes c;est effort......
Brave Crews, this is more a survival training, than a Regatta. Dieter
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