Sunday, 25 November 2012

VendeeGlobe 2nd Week

The 2nd week saw the leaders of the VendeeGlobe 2012-2013 concur the Doldrums and pass the Equator into the Southern Hemisphere. 



This 2nd week had 2 Boats retiring from the Race, Gutik(Zbigniew Gutkowski) on Energa could not resolve his electronic problems on the autopilot, and Jeremie Beyou on Maitre CoQ who suffered a broken arm on the hydraulic jack for the tilting Keel. 
Alex made a miraculous repair on a pusher bar for his ruder broken by the hudrogenerator failure. Lets hope the repair will last also in the expected heavy winds and waves of the Souther Ocean. 

On the Virtual sailing front, it is about the  same progress for the leaders, though the boats without options (0$ Sailors) are far behind sailing with the basic sails only. 

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