2019 Melbourne to Geelong race. Channel Nine News bulletin on WHITE SPIRIT incident

Great to hear injured WHITE SPIRIT crew member Otis Miles-Malone is recovering in hospital. WHITE SPIRIT suffered catestrophic rig failure which started at the top of the mast. They are not sure what caused the failure. As the mast settled, crew member Otis Miles-Malone was squashed and was in a fair bit of pain. The crew implemented their medical emergency procedures and the ORCV Incident Management Team (IMT) assisted. Emergency Services were alerted. Fellow competitor AUDERE, skippered by John Cain, suspended racing to assist. AUDERE had a nurse onboard who was transferred to WHITE SPIRIT. CLOCKWORK, skippered by Bob Schahinger, also offered further assistance as they had a Paramedic onboard who was also transferred to WHITE SPIRIT. CARVALO also suspended racing and offered to assist as they had a Doctor onboard. Their assistance was not required. Other compeitors also offered to Stand By WHITE SPIRIT. After cutting their rig away, as Otis' condition was stable, WHITE SPIRIT decided to proceed back to Royals. On the way, they received further assistance from Ambulance Victoria's Helicopter Emergency Medical Serivces (HEMS) who air dropped a paramedic onto WHITE SPIRIT. Arrangements were made for WHITE SPIRIT to proceed directly to the Royals travelift area where the MFB and an Ambulance was waiting. AUDERE elected to retire from the race and shadowed WHITE SPIRT back to Royals. CLOCKWORK continued racing to Geelong with one less crew member. Cyrus cannot thank enough Jenny Wright & Dan Mestal off AUDERE, Andrew Giles off CLOCKWORK, other competitors who offered assistance, HEMS chopper, Royals and the ORCV IMT for their assistance. Nice report Dougal Beatty, thanks. The camaraderie in this sport is second to none!