Velux 5 Oceans - Bad luck comes in floods for Christophe Bullens

2:20 PM Thu 25 Nov 2010 GMT

'Christophe Bullens onboard his yacht Five Oceans of Smiles Too on Ocean Sprint 1' Velux 5 Oceans &copy

Velux 5 Oceans - Belgian skipper's sail fitting breaks and food destroyed in night of drama. Up to two tonnes of water flooded into Belgian ocean racer Christophe Bullens' yacht Five Oceans of Smiles too last night after a part on his generator broke. Christophe awoke in the early hours to find water up to his knees in the engine compartment of the Eco 60 yacht. To make matters worse several rubbish bags had split open, spilling their contents into the compartment. It took the 49-year-old VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper hours to bail the water out of the engine compartment ...

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