The rudder failure aboard the French SailGP caused an immediate nose dive and resulted in the helmsman Quentin Delapierre ending up in hospital.
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This might have not been a lap of the planet for these highly accomplished sailors and their crews, but there was no doubt that as the longest leg so far it was also the most complex and, as it turned out, the most stressful too.
From straight line blasts to full on park-ups, the leader board took several major shuffles and ensured that few of the crews got much sleep at all during the 1,400 mile leg.
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Yoann Richomme came second in the last Vendée Globe and yet he says that The Ocean Race Europe is teaching him and his crew more about a boat he already has over 30,000 miles in.