Not even 24 hours and two boats of the six in the volvo race have returned to Alicante, Spain. Ian Walker, skipper of Azzam and Mike Sanderson, skipper of Sanya are both returned to Alicante. One with a broken mast and the other with delamination. So much for trying to break your boat before the race starts.
Sometimes when you get to the cutting edge you fall off.
Let’s also have another meditation on “seaworthiness”. Maybe we could get Rambler’s keel designer to be the moderator.