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Difficult weekend
Hugo Boss skipper Alex Thomson's take on the latest in the Vendee Globe
It has been a really tough weekend for Bernard Stamm who has diverted to the Kerguelen Islands due to damaged rudder bearings. Unfortunately the conditions on arrival were horrendous and according to the VG website Stamm’s boat has run aground and the skipper was taken off. This really is awful news and I just hope that the boat is not damaged. Dominique Warve has been able to help Bernard as his race finished last week with a broken keel and he is currently in the Kerguelen Islands as well. It sounds like Dominique’s problem is very similar to mine in the Velux 5 Ocean’s where I was forced to abandon the boat. Fortunatlely Dominique was only 150Nm from the Kerguelen Islands and was able to make it to shelter.
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