Velux 5 Oceans - CSM suffers Southern Ocean setback

3:24 PM Thu 17 Feb 2011 GMT

'VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Chris Stanmore-Major shows us the damage to the mainsail of his yacht Spartan during Ocean Sprint 3, from Wellington New Zealand to Punta del Este Uruguay.' Velux 5 Oceans &copy Click Here to view large photo

Velux 5 Oceans - Chris Stanmore-Major has been forced to carry out vital repairs to his yacht Spartan in the middle of the Southern Ocean after a two and a half meter rip developed in his mainsail. The 33-year-old from Cowes, UK, had been chasing the leading pack in the third sprint of the Velux 5 Oceans solo round the world yacht race when disaster struck. Despite blasting along through big seas en route to Cape Horn, Stanmore-Major, known as CSM, had no choice but to drop Spartan?s huge mainsail onto the deck to attempt a repair in the freezing, ...

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