Our Mate Alex Thomson’s Races
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He does have a history with keels, so he knows what it's like not to have one…..
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/02/sport/alex-thomson-solo-sailing/
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FUUUUCCCCCKKKKK
http://www.barcelonaworldrace.org/en/news/news -
That is shitty luck. Hopefully, they'll have minimal trouble getting in to port.
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That's a real shame.
Glad to hear that Alex is safe, and the boat is OK. I don't know if there's scope for him to get the mast restepped in Cape Town and head out again.
Alternatively, he could pull a Parlier…
http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/sailing/03/13/parlier.ppl/index.html
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A video of the Gitana MOD 70 trimaran flying. Not sure if this is the right place to post it, but it will no doubt perplex @Snowy further…
Also this piece at the Daily Sail reports on a new foiling keel boat.
It's changing very fast…
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The new Boss is getting a lot of attention for her paintwork. There's a piece at Dezeen about the design. It includes this deckplan that gives you an idea of the shape and beam - she's 60' / 18.3 metres long, and about 19' / 5.9 metres wide.
Alex always has the best looking boats, and this is no exception. The design is pretty radical, particularly around the bow section, and he's kept very quiet about the foils so far.
Apparently she's been out sailing, but no footage so far.
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Reminds me of this Zaphod Beeblebox quote:
"It's the weird colour scheme that freaks me. Every time you try to operate one of these weird black controls, which are labeled in black on a black background, a small black light lights up black to let you know you've done it. Hey, what is this, some kind of galactic hyper-hearse?"
