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Sam Goodchild tears his mainsail | Vendรฉe Globe 2024
๐ซ๐ท Sam Goodchild, le skipper Britannique du voilier VULNERABLE, a informรฉ peu avant 13 heures la direction de course et son รฉquipe technique de la dรฉchirure de sa grand-voile. Elle a littรฉralement explosรฉ lors dโun empannage intempestif sous pilote, au niveau de la 3รจme latte, sur toute la largeur, de la chute au guindant, alors que le voilier affrontait des vents ร prรจs de 30 noeuds. Sam a repris sa route, grand voile affalรฉe, avec ร lโavant le J2 et le J3 en ciseaux. Il bataillait ferme et bord ร bord depuis la latitude dโItajai au Brรฉsil avec Jรฉrรฉmie Beyou (Charal) pour le gain de la 4e place au moment de lโincident. Sam reste en course, dรฉterminรฉ ร rejoindre les Sables d'Olonne. ๐ฌ๐ง Sam Goodchild, the British skipper of the yacht VULNERABLE, informed his technical team shortly before 1pm that his mainsail had torn. It literally exploded during an untimely gybe under autopilot, at the level of the 3rd batten, across the entire width, from leech to luff, as the yacht battled winds of almost 30 knots. Sam resumed his course, mainsail down, with the J2 and J3 in scissors. He had been fighting tooth and nail since the latitude of Itajai in Brazil with Jรฉrรฉmie Beyou (Charal) for 4th place at the time of the incident. He will now throw his last forces to finish his first Vendรฉe Globe, in the best possible place. ------------------------ โก๏ธ SUIVEZ-NOUS ! // FOLLOW US ! ๐ Website : www.vendeeglobe.org ๐ธ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/vendeeglobe/ ๐ฆ X FR : https://twitter.com/VendeeGlobe | X ENG : https://x.com/VendeeGlobeENG ๐บ TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@vendee_globe ๐ป Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/VendeeGlobe ๐ผ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/vendรฉe-globe/
