Bay of Biscay waters - another casualty as teenagers lose mast

8:52 PM Fri 29 Oct 2010 GMT

'Chopin under sail - now lost a mast' . Click Here to view large photo

Waters around the Bay of Biscay are getting pretty busy with disabled boats and their rescuers at the moment. Not only is there Tony Bullimore's catamaran The Spirit of Antigua capsized and being guarded by the Dutch Navy until a salvage team arrives, but there's also a tall ship with a bunch of Polish teens on board which has lost one of its masts. The young sailors on the Frederyk Chopin left Plymouth earlier in the week but gale force winds and heavy seas have caused the ship to lose one of its masts about ...

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