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Forestay ok for Paul Meilhat

On Tuesday 14 January, the same day that the race winner Charlie Dalin finished, Paul Meilhat reported the breakage of his J2 swivel, which caused his forestay to break. Yesterday, Friday, he climbed the mast this Friday to repair.

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