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Route du Rhum - Sam Davies diverts after boat delaminates

November 06, 2018 21:11

routedurhum.com

07/11/2018 07:20

French-based British solo skipper Sam Davies is diverting to the nearest safe port after discovering a delamination in the hull of her IMOCA Initiatives Coeur.

Davies informed her team at around 1700hrs CET/1600hrs UTC that she was concerned about worrying noises coming from her hull. On closer inspection from inside the boat she discovered the hull bottom was deforming.

She spoke with the architects and their conclusion is that the delamination has occurred due to the slamming in the big waves in the Bay of Biscay gales. Davies is reported to be safe and well and has turned to a northeasterly course. She is about 430 nautical miles west-south-west of Brest.

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