Thursday, December 13, 2007

Bummer


Having arrived in Cape Town last night (2140 GMT), Estrella Damm skippers Guillermo Altadill and co-skipper Jonathan McKee were welcomed back on dry land after 32 days at sea by their shore crew, before getting onboard to quickly begin the preliminary work of repairing the rudder system and sorting the other work that the team will also try to fix during this pit-stop. The have team removed the two rudder cassettes off the boat so they can be worked on independently. This morning the skippers and the shore team met again to discuss the time-line involved of making the repairs and getting back into the race, the team will continue to assess this time-line during today and by this afternoon make a decision as to whether to continue in the Barcelona World Race or not. -http://www.estrelladammsailingteam.com