Sylvie Viant, Race Director of the Barcelona World Race, has been notified by skipper Jeremie Beyou onboard the fourth-placed IMOCA 60 Delta Dore that his boat has been dismasted. Both he and co-skipper Sidney Gavignet are unhurt and safe onboard and the boat itself is structurally intact.
Jeremie contacted the Race Direction team by Iridium satellite phone at 0120 GMT (11 December) just minutes after the incident. The Race Direction Team is in regular contact with the two French sailors Jeremie Beyou and Sidney Gavignet and their shore team headed up by Gilles Chiorri. The skippers have 188 litres of diesel onboard, which will provide approximately 60 hours of motoring, the equivalent of approximately 240 miles. The team are also already studying the options of a jury rig using spare mainsail battens onboard.
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