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Även Veolia Environnement har tappat masten......och vad lär vi oss av detta?



"Veolia Environnement skippered by French sailors Roland Jourdain and Jean-Luc Nelias dismasted at 1800 GMT today (Monday, 17.12.07), the skippers are unharmed, and the boat itself undamaged. Veolia Environnement, lying in third place in the Barcelona World Race, was sailing in 22 knots of wind with full mainsail and gennaker, when they were hit by a stronger 30 knot gust of wind forcing the boat to 'nose-dive' into a 2-3 metre wave - the mast broke suddenly 3.5 to 4 metres up from the deck. The position at the time of dismasting was 48 49.49N, 82 42.41E, approximately 1660 miles south-west of the SW tip of Australia and approximately 500 miles east of the Kerguelen Islands. "

Racet är nu nere i södra oceanen och vindarna är starka och livet rätt tufft.

Southern Ocean claims another victim - Delta Dore is dismasted

Sylvie Viant, Race Director of the Barcelona World Race, has been notified by skipper Jérémie Beyou onboard the fourth-placed IMOCA 60 Delta Dore that his boat has been dismasted. Both he and co-skipper Sidney Gavignet are unhurt and safe onboard and the boat itself is structurally intact.
 

© Delta Dore
Jérémie contacted the Race Direction team by Iridium satellite phone at 0120 GMT (11 December) just minutes after the incident: "We have just been dismasted, we have wind from 300°, 25 knots increasing to 35 knots sometimes, and waves not too bad at about 4 metres. We were sailing with one reef in the mainsail and staysail (small headsail). The mast seems to have fallen backwards."

Just under an hour later Jérémie reported: "We had to quickly cut the mast and boom away in to the water because it they were becoming dangerous and was going to start damaging the hull. The boat is okay, the deck is okay, only there are no more lifelines. And we have nothing big to use to make a jury rig for now."

Lappen Cup            20/9 samt distriktsmästerskap i C55

Skallen
Hallandsseglingen 7/6
http://www.hallandsseglingen.se/

Ven Runt  11/8
http://www.venrunt.com/

Watski kattegatt 2 star 22-23/9
http://www.watski2star.dk/

Mumm-Stelton Cup (4 oktober?)
http://www.vedbaek-sejlklub.dk/

Ja nu återstår bara två ting
1 Övertyga frun om det geniala i att vara i väg varannan helg under hela sommarhalvåret......( Puss! på dig älskling)
2 Hitta gastar som får vara lediga för sina fruar samtidigt som mig (Verkar också svårt..)

Hur går det för er andra vad skall(vill) ni vara med på? 

Björn blev alltså 3:a i avslutningen i World Matchracing tour och totalt landade han som 5:a och Magnus Holmberg som 7:a. Här video från semifinalen.
Mer info och fler filmer finns på http://www.monsooncup.com.my/