Velux 5 Oceans - Keel problems for Gutek as Cape Horn approaches



3:32 PM Wed 23 Feb 2011 GMT
'Operon Racing - Velux 5 Oceans' Ainhoa Sanchez
Velux 5 Oceans - Solo skipper Zbigniew ?Gutek? Gutkowski is today facing a nervous rounding of Cape Horn after developing keel problems on his Eco 60 yacht Operon Racing. The 36-year-old Polish yachtsman reported hearing dull knocking sounds as his yacht smashed through huge Southern Ocean waves on the approach to Cape Horn, the Everest of sailing and the pinnacle of leg three of the Velux 5 Oceans. On closer inspection Gutek found to his horror that the pins joining Operon Racing?s keel to the hull were moving. It is suspected that a composite part covering the two pins that ...


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