7.Vendee Globe 2012/13 - Teil 2 - Äquator - Cape Leeuwin

Fotogalerie 24.11.2012 Riou collided with buoy At 0700hrs (French) on Saturday morning, Vincent Riou (PRB) warned his shore team that he had collided with a floating object. The skipper was at his navigation station at the time was able to get on the deck immediately after the impact and see that the object that had struck PRB was a harbour buoy (a large metal buoy). Following the collision, Riou found that the hull of his boat was torn and delaminated for about one metre. The impact was on the starboard side of the boat and the torn area is three meters from the bow. Riou was not injured in the collision. He will wait until daybreak to assess the damage and the possibility of repair.

Foto: J.M.Liot