Velux 5 Oceans 72 hours of drama

12:50 PM Mon 4 Apr 2011 GMT

'Gutek and Operon Racing - Velux 5 Oceans' Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com

Velux 5 Oceans fleet continues to race north through the South Atlantic in ocean sprint four. Over the last 72 hours each of the four solo skippers have had to contend with an array of problems on their Eco 60 yachts, now starting to tire having sailed more than 22,000 miles through the world's oceans in the last six months. After falling into the cockpit of Operon Racing while trying to reef his mainsail, Polish skipper Zbigniew 'Gutek' Gutkowski feared he might have broken some ribs and was forced to rely on painkillers to carry out even the most menial ...

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