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Team Vestas Wind crash - new photos and video

by Volvo Ocean Race 4 Dec 2014 23:39 PST 5 December 2014

Charging through the Indian Ocean at high speed and in total darkness, nothingness ahead, nothingness around. Speed is good, sailing is supreme. And then... BANG.

Team Vestas Wind aground on a reef on Cargados Carajos Shoals, Mauritius - photo © Brian Carlin / Team Vestas Wind / Volvo Ocean Race
Team Vestas Wind aground on a reef on Cargados Carajos Shoals, Mauritius - photo © Brian Carlin / Team Vestas Wind / Volvo Ocean Race

Team Vestas Wind recover equipment from Cargados Carajos Shoals, Mauritius - photo © Brian Carlin / Team Vestas Wind / Volvo Ocean Race
Team Vestas Wind recover equipment from Cargados Carajos Shoals, Mauritius - photo © Brian Carlin / Team Vestas Wind / Volvo Ocean Race
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