Transat Bakerly - Sébastien Josse sustains serious mainsail damage
by The Transat on 4 May 2016
Groupe Edmond de Rothschild - - 2016 Transat Bakerley The Transat Bakerly
On Wednesday May 4th, shortly after midnight and while sailing off Cape Finisterre in 25-30 knots of northeasterly wind, Sébastien Josse sustained serious damage to the batens on his mainsail, when he broached his IMOCA60 Edmond de Rothschild during a gybe.
He was a competitor in the 2016 Transat Bakerly, singlehanded race across the Atlantic, which started in Plymouth, England, on Sunday.
The damage poses no immediate threat but is irreparable at sea, and after consultation with his technical team, Josse has made the difficult decision to retire from the Transat Bakerly. He is now en route to Vigo in Galicia, Spain, where he will be joined by members of the Gitana team.
At the time of the incident, Josse was in a battle near the front of the IMOCA fleet with Vincent Riou on board PRB and Armel le Cleac’h’s Banque Populaire.
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