Velux 5 Oceans - Gutek heads to Fortaleza with broken forestay

3:07 PM Fri 8 Apr 2011 GMT

'Velux 5 OceansSkipper Gutek rounds Cape Horn onboard his yacht Operon Racing during Ocean Sprint 3, from Wellington New Zealand to Punta del Este Uruguay.' Zbigniew / Velux 5 Ocean Click Here to view large photo

Velux 5 Oceans - Zbigniew 'Gutek' Gutkowski is heading for port after the forestay on his Eco 60 yacht Operon Racing broke. Although the rig is secure, the damage has forced Gutek, who was lying fourth in ocean sprint four, to turn his boat round and head for Fortaleza on the northern coast of Brazil to carry out the vital repairs. Gutek was this morning around 300 nautical miles from the port, which will take him around 48 hours to cover. He had just sailed into the Northern Hemisphere and was eight miles from the Equator when he sustained the ...

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