Velux 5 Oceans Operon Racing skipper soon to test broken bowsprit

9:59 AM Thu 7 Apr 2011 GMT

'Velux 5 Oceans skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski onboard his yacht Operon Racing at the start of Ocean Sprint 4' Ainhoa Sanchez/Velux 5 Oceans

Velux 5 Oceans skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski, has had a tense couple of days onboard Operon Racing. The moment when he will need to hoist a sail onto his broken bowsprit draws closer. Polish ocean racer 'Gutek' was forced to make a temporary repair to the bowsprit after it cracked under pressure during the first week of racing in ocean sprint four through the Atlantic from Punta del Este in Uruguay to Charleston in the USA. The resourceful skipper managed to brace the bowsprit by lashing his two emergency tillers to it - but in the upwind conditions off the coast ...

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