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Damage on board Maître CoQ V, Code Zero rendered unusable

On Christmas Eve the news is no gift for Yannick Bestaven! On the evening of December 23, the defending champion informed his technical team of damageon the attachment of one of his sails.

His primary headsail halyard gave way and one of his key headsails, his Code 0, a large headsail used for downwind sailing ended up in the water...

For two hours Bestaven battled to get it back on deck, which he finally managed to do but it was very hard, physical work. His sail is unfortunately not useable and he reports that his starboard foil was slightly damaged in the process. Bestaven will try to climb the mast as soon as conditions allow to make repairs 

Voile à l'eau pour Yannick Bestaven... | Vendée Globe 2024

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