The broken mast section of BOR90 is clearly seen in this shot -

Working on the damaged section of BOR90 -

The bow sprit area of BOR90 widely believed to have been the root cause of the mast failure on BOR90 -

Unknown component from BOR90 after the dismasting of BOR90 in San Diego -

Mast swivel aboard BOR90 after the dismasting of BOR90 in San Diego -

Broken mast section after the dismasting of BOR90 in San Diego -

Stripped deck are of BOR90/USA after her dismasting -

by Sail-World   7:23 AM Sun 8 Nov 2009 GMT

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