It was the night from hell for the Volvo Ocean Race fleet, as the cold front swept over the fleet, and one by one, the eight boats were left with huge seas and vicious squalls.While Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael/BRA) rode the front, extended their lead to 76 nm from PUMA (Ken Read/USA) and broke through the magical 600 nautical mile barrier, claiming yet another 24-hour world record, Telefónica Black (Fernando Echávarri/ESP) lost a rudder, wiped off their bowsprit and damaged one of their daggerboards, cutting away the spinnaker in the process.
As daylight broke, and the crew were tiring, Green Dragon buried her bow so hard that the A6 spinnaker came back and stove in the pulpit and forward stanchions before ripping to pieces.
