Banque Populaire V hits unidentified object - Brian Thompson reports

9:13 PM Fri 4 Feb 2011 GMT

'Banque Populaire V repairs in progress' Brian Thompson

Brian Thompson is a crew member aboard the Maxi Trimiran Banque Populaire V, attempting to break Groupama's 'fully crewed' Jules Verne Trophy record. Here Brian reports on the 'crash' with an unidentified object and subsequent repairs. Brian Thompson: Just a quick update as you can imagine it is quite busy here with sailing the boat, and at the same time undertaking a big boatbuilding job on the deck. The night before last I was on the helm doing a steady 37 knots when bang, we hit an unidentified object, which broke off the sacrificial tip of the daggerboard plus some ...

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