Barcelona World Race: PRB Dismasted

Summary: At 0945 GMT PRB dismasted. They do not require outside assistance.

Details:

• When PRB dismasted they were at 45 degrees south, 630 miles from Cape Town South Africa. The upper 3 meters of the mast broke.
  
• This is the 2nd time PRB has had rig problems, also dis masting in last years Route Du Rhum.
  
• Paprec Virbac 2 now leads Veolia by 76 miles.
• Best speed goes to Veolia at 20.7 knots.
• Hugo Boss had another record setting 24 hours covering 500. 01 miles, average speed 20.83 knots. 6 December 14:15 gmt to 7 December 14:15 gmt

References: Cape Town South Africa

Weather: Winds of 20 knots or more will be standard.

Quotes:

Sidney Gavignet "Outside, it's not very pleasant, the air temperature is 11 degrees, the water is 10 degrees, a drizzle added to the spray completes the wet picture. I'm at the chart table, the autopilot is doing fine. Speed oscillates between 17 and 22 knots. I am listening to some music and I made myself a capuccino to write this morning message."

Jonathan Mckee "But the best thing was that we did not have to hand steer all the
time, so it was a much more relaxing night. You could sit at the nav station and control the pilot from there, just watching the instruments and feeling the heel. It was kind of like a video game. It was a very rainy night, so it was good to be mostly downstairs!"