11.12.2007
DELTA DORE IS DISMASTED IN SOUTHERN OCEAN
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.
The Race Direction Team are in regular contact with the two French sailors Jérémie Beyou and Sidney Gavignet and their shore team headed up by Gilles Chiorri.
The skippers have 188 litres of diesel onboard which will provide approximately 60 hours of motoring, the equivalent of approximately 240 miles. The team are also already studying the options of a jury rig using spare indexsail battens onboard. A call with the boat will be planned as soon as is practical.
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