Transat Jaques Vabre - Le Bateau des Métiers suffers damage
by Soazig Guého on 29 Oct 2015
Transat Jaques Vabre - Le Bateau des Métiers Bernard Gergaud
At 1950hrs UTC Arnaud Boissières, skipper of the IMOCA 60 Le Bateau des Métiers by Aérocampus sent a message to the Transat Jacques Vabre race director:
'The mainsail just tore in half. With a heavy heart we return to Les Sables d’Olonne.'
Arnaud and his teammate Stan Malard are forced to sail to return to their home port.
More information tomorrow morning.
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