Mirabaud safely in port after Barcelona World Race dismasting

10:50 PM Sat 19 Mar 2011 GMT

'Arrival of Mirabaud in Argentina. DOMINIQUE WAVRE and MICHELE PARET
?JEAN-GUY PYTHON' Mirabaud Click Here to view large photo

Mirabaud, helmed by Dominique Wavre and Mich?le Paret in the Barcelona World Race, arrived in Mar del Plata at 5pm (CET) on Saturday, under jury rig. The yacht was dismasted on the 12th of March, 650 nautical miles east of the Argentinian coast and 450 nautical miles north of the Falkland?s Islands. 'Clearly we are very disappointed to return to terra firma under jury rig, instead of making it home to Barcelona under sail,' commented Dominique Wavre. 'But we?re glad to have made it in safely and we are really touched by the support we have received from the Argentinian ...

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