Action Video: ORMA60 drops rig at 25kts while chased by AC45



11:00 PM Sun 13 Feb 2011 GMT
'TeamVodafoneSailing drops her rig at 25kts'
Last week we reported on the dismasting of the ORMA60 TVS dropping her wing mast rig in the early stages of a Wednesday evening race, on Auckland's Waitemata harbour. We now feature a video taken by a spectator capturing the actual moment of the dismasting as TeamVodafoneSailing was flying two hulls and travelling at over 25kts when a shroud gave way. She was leading the race at the time, but was being pursued by the prototype AC45 sailed by Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker at the time time of the incident. The AC45 was reported to be catching TVS, ...


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by Richard Gladwell





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