Mirabaud rides out the storm

9:12 AM Sun 13 Mar 2011 GMT

'Jusry rig is the next target for Wavre and Paret on Mirabaud - Barcelona World Race' Barcelona World Race ?

Barcelona World Race competitor Mirabaud is under engine as Dominique Wavre and Mich?le Paret ride out the worst of a storm which dismasted them. The storm should pass over them in the next few hours. Though the mast broke near the top, above the third set of spreaders, it seems that in the end they were unable to stabilise the broken section which after time took away some of the lower spreaders and so turned the whole lot into a dangerous, twisted mess. In the end it was decided by the skippers to bring the mast down in a more ...

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