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GREEN DRAGON LOSES FORESTAY BUT SAVES MAST
Ian Walker/GBR (pictured) and his crew were in fourth place and sailing in 17 knots of breeze upwind and a short, choppy sea, when the boat suffered a broken forestay, a crucial part of the rigging, which helps keep the mast in position.
Quick reactions by the crew, who rapidly eased sheets and secured halyards to the bow, prevented the loss of the mast and th
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