Setback for Sodebo



9:18 PM Thu 10 Mar 2011 GMT
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At 1540 GMT, Thomas Coville was involved in a collision with no direct impact on Sodebo's ability to make headway. When he went up on deck to assess the situation, he discovered that the skin of the crash box at the front of the starboard float had come away, doubtless as a result of colliding with a pilot whale. A crash box is a sacrificial bow whose role is similar to that of a bumper on a car. Sodebo?s shore crew has assessed the damage on shore after studying the photo which Thomas sent out immediately after the incident and ...


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by Kate Jennings





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