Barcelona World Race day 26 broken masthead and Cape Town retire

8:23 PM Wed 26 Jan 2011 GMT

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Barcelona World Race day 26 had Foncia?s masthead break clean off during the night in the southern hemisphere, causing Michel Desjoyeaux and Fran?ois Gabart to set a course towards Cape Town. The damage occurred on Wednesday 26 January at around 0300 UTC at 41?13? S and 09?0? E, around 620 miles (1,150km) to the SW of the tip of South Africa. Approaching the Cape of Good Hope, the duo were making headway under solent and one reef in the mainsail, at an average speed of 18 knots in 25-30 knots of SW?ly wind. Under reduced sail area with the wind ...

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