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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 6 to Auckland, day 19 on board Sun hung Kai / Scallywag. John Fisher at the helm supervising the sail mode. 26 February
© Jeremie Lecaudey / Volvo Ocean Race
Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race extracts tragic toll on fleet
On Monday, March 26, 2018 at 1300 hours UTC, John Fisher (UK; 47) was swept off of Scallywag during an accidental gybe while the vessel was roughly 1,400 nautical miles west of Cape Horn, sailing in 35-45 knots of air and four to five meter seas.