MrB
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Cheminées Poujoulat skipper Bernard Stamm has just retired from the race.http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/newswire/9437/bernard-stamm-officially-retires-from-the-race.html
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dunmor
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any idea why.?
sailorman
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stopped for fuel
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The jury can stand down.
Very sad to see but, clearly the only option after the failure of his hydrogenerator and hitting the submerged object.
I strongly suspect that all teams will be looking at the failure of this technology in this "edition" of the race. What I can't get my heard round is teams reliance on only one power generating system but, hey I'm an engineer what do I know?
Very sad to see but, clearly the only option after the failure of his hydrogenerator and hitting the submerged object.
I strongly suspect that all teams will be looking at the failure of this technology in this "edition" of the race. What I can't get my heard round is teams reliance on only one power generating system but, hey I'm an engineer what do I know?
vyv_cox
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Jill just heard Mike Golding talking from somewhere around Cape Horn on Radio 2. His toothpaste has frozen! Lots of icebergs, so he has had little sleep and is feeling pretty knackered. Summer in the South Atlantic.
Seajet
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I just heard that interview with Mike Golding too; considering the strain he's under he sounded remarkably calm and collected.
20-40 minute catnaps, radar out of action, " Cape Horn was smitten with icebergs ".
Must remember to casually drop that line next time I'm at the club bar...
Apparently he's just become the first person to race around the Horn 3 times singlehanded inc both directions.
20-40 minute catnaps, radar out of action, " Cape Horn was smitten with icebergs ".
Must remember to casually drop that line next time I'm at the club bar...
Apparently he's just become the first person to race around the Horn 3 times singlehanded inc both directions.
TimBennet
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Interesting that there's an article about Bernand Stamm's hydrogenerators on vSail. Apparently he modified the internals to make them more 'efficient' against the advice of the designer and manufacturer and then had his shore team mount them on the transom without the 'kick up' safety bracket provided. He was warned that any collision with debris would simply tear them off completely rather than them just need 'resetting'.
He was also the only competitor not to carry a spare unit but still took precious little diesel as back up (unlike Hugo Boss who calculated that carrying a reasonable reserve only made 45 minute difference on the entire circumnavigation).
Then when all the predictions came true and he put into New Zealand to repair his hydrogenerators he again refused to fit the original 'kick up' mounts and as a result, they once again have been damaged and rendered unserviceable.
I know skippers of these boats have to be 'strong minded' but it would seem that the one I worked for wasn't the only one to cross the line to 'pig headed'.
He was also the only competitor not to carry a spare unit but still took precious little diesel as back up (unlike Hugo Boss who calculated that carrying a reasonable reserve only made 45 minute difference on the entire circumnavigation).
Then when all the predictions came true and he put into New Zealand to repair his hydrogenerators he again refused to fit the original 'kick up' mounts and as a result, they once again have been damaged and rendered unserviceable.
I know skippers of these boats have to be 'strong minded' but it would seem that the one I worked for wasn't the only one to cross the line to 'pig headed'.
