Velux 5 Oceans - Bullens makes pit stop after double crash

2:33 PM Mon 1 Nov 2010 GMT

'Christophe Bullens has been plagued with problems on his yacht Five Oceans of Smiles too' Velux 5 Oceans &copy

Velux 5 Oceans skipper Christophe Bullens has been forced to head for port after his yacht Five Oceans of Smiles was damaged in strong winds in the North Atlantic. The 49-year-old Belgian singlehander was sailing near to Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands, when his boat was knocked flat twice while traveling at 16 knots. The mainsail on Five Oceans of Smiles too was ripped, three sail battens were broken and a runner - one of the wires that hold up the mast - was caught under the yacht's rudders. Christophe is now en route to Las Palmas on Gran ...

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