Melbourne to Vanuatu -News Flash- Ingenue retires after spinnaker wrap

12:31 PM Wed 7 Jul 2010 GMT

'Ingenue retires from 2010 Melbourne to Vanuatu' John Curnow

Melbourne to Vanuatu- Organisers have been notified that Ingenue has retired from the 2010 edition of the race, the decision came at 2135hrs. Thankfully, both Rosie Collahan and David James are fine and the vessel OK, but as a result of a spinnaker wrap around the forestay, sheets and all, Ingenue have retired. They are just 30nm off Eden, to where they are now heading and will assess it all in daylight. It has been blowing consistently around the 25 knot mark and they have shredded the kite. In the dark they have not been able to resolve the issues ...

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by John Curnow

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