Barcelona World Race - Mirabaud attempting Jury Rig

4:37 PM Sun 13 Mar 2011 GMT

'Hugo Boss - Barcelona World Race' Gustav Morin

Fortune favors the Barcelona World Race leaders and those who have more recently entered the Atlantic, but the trio of IMOCA Open 60 skippers who are encountering a boisterous active low pressure off the River Plate, on the Uruguay-Argentine border, will be pleased to race on into Monday morning in what should be diminishing winds in an improving wind angle. The steep, at times chaotic seas have already contributed to the demise of Mirabaud?s rig. Dominique Wavre and Mich?le Paret reported late yesterday afternoon that their mast had snapped above the third spreader. A battle to secure the broken top ...

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