From the following entry (in French) on the Maitre Jacques facebook page
and the rough bing translate below
Loïc Féquet and Loïc Escoffier are forced to retire. The front of their starboard float was torn off. Neither one nor the other is wounded, apart from a huge disappointment. They make road to Corunna.
After Exchange with their shore crew, the two Loïc have decided to join La Coruña, in Spain. They sail for now under one ORC at 6 knots: a navigation that allows them to not press the float damaged.
Loïc Féquet, skipper master Jacques: "we heard a large crash and seen that the float was ripped off at the front. '' This was done there right away or by the dint of banging all night, it is not known. We took a wave larger than the others, is that it was 'finished' work?
In any case, nobody is injured. We road towards Corunna. We at 6 knots with one ORC, is allowed to 'live' the boat, without forcing. There are still 2-3 m hollow, but with waves sometimes a little more fat. »
Franck-Yves Escoffier, loaded from the link on the ground with the crew: "it is a great pity, they had done a very nice entry in the Bay of Biscay, they had traced a beautiful, fluid trajectory. They were the first to have taken the West and they were very well placed to return to the forefront and lengthen the stride. They had done the hard, wind would move Northwest and the sea would subside...
But in a cross seas of 6 to 7 metres of cavity with a breaking, just 2 or 3 large waves that bump on the front of the float to make damage.
The choice of a Coruña is a good idea, they are not very far. The sea will calm down, they will find the right balance to preserve their boat and get down on their own. »
Team master Jacques is about 120 nautical miles (220 km) from the Spanish port, expected tomorrow, join the best in the morning, according to the weather conditions encountered.
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