Vendee globe yacht race!!
Exciting times in the south atlantic this week!!
One yacht retired due to to two seperate breakages to the hull !
One yacht forced to retire with a broken rudder !
And one yacht broken in half and skipper having to be rescued !
All this before the fleet has left the atlantic ocean??
How many will make all the way at this rate??
It seems the new lightweight materials are not up to the conditions
in the southern oceans all the retirements were hull related??
However this has created some real drama in the race if you read
the official account of the rescue andndemonstrates the
sportsmanship between these contestants as four of them basically
gave up their chances of winning to search for and rescue the
unlucky skipper was adrift in a small survival dinghy !!
Bravo! to all involved !!
Donkeyman! 👍👍😁😁👍👍