Barcelona RTW race: Estrella Damm will stop in Wellington

9:36 AM Sun 20 Feb 2011 GMT

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Estrella Damm have confirmed this morning that they will make a 48hour technical stopover in Wellington after their forestay is reported to have broken and their Solent furling drum. 'We were 15 miles from the southerly point of Cook with Bel five miles behind when the forestay broke. The mast stayed up because of the staysail and the Code Zero stays. The Solent furling drum is also in two pieces. It is impossible to repair this with the material we have on board, we have to make a stop in Wellington to repair and to be able to continue. It ...

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by BRTWR Media