Thursday, 21 November 2013

Transat Jacques Vabre update, Multi50 Arkema righted at dock in Madeira

From the following article on the Transat Jacques Vabre website:

http://www.transat-jacques-vabre.com/en/arkema-region-aquitaine-upright-madeira

It has taken almost seven days for the upturned Arkema-Region Aquitaine to reach the port of Canical in the east of Madeira after being towed by the Portuguese tug WEST at an average of something around three knots. They arrived during the night of Tuesday November 19th after their tow of 260 miles.

And then on Wednesday afternoon Arkema-Region Aquitaine was turned back upright by using a big crane, after which skipper Lalou Roucayrol reported that the Multi 50 is in good condition structurally.

read more here


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