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22. November 2011, 12:16

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PUMA OCEAN RACING RETIRES FROM FIRST LEG OF VOLVO OCEAN RACE

PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA has suffered a broken mast on the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, which began 17 days ago from Alicante, Spain. The rig onboard PUMAÕs Mar Mostro failed at around 15:00 UTC in the southern Atlantic Ocean, about 2,150 nautical miles from Cape Town, South Africa. (Credit: Amory Ross/PUMA Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Race)

Zürich, 22.11.11 Red. (mk) PUMA OCEAN RACING RETIRES FROM FIRST LEG OF VOLVO OCEAN RACE

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG have officially retired from Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 after suffering a broken mast.

The rig on board PUMA’s Mar Mostro failed on Monday, November 21, at around 1500 UTC in the southern Atlantic Ocean, about 2,150 nautical miles from Cape Town, South Africa. All crew were uninjured.

The team recovered all three pieces of the mast and all sails from the water. They are currently headed towards the small island of Tristan da Cunha, less than 700 nautical miles away.

PUMA’s mast broke when she was in second position trailing race leader Team Telefónica by just 31nm in the Leg 1 race from Alicante, Spain, to Cape Town. The cause of the dismasting is not known at this stage.

“We had a complete disaster, cruising along, reaching along 23 knots of breeze, jib, staysail and the mast fell over the side. Obviously first things first everybody was in one piece, no body was hurt, no body was even close to being hurt and then some clear heroics from the crew.” said PUMA skipper Ken Read. “Casey [Smith] knowing full well that I wouldn’t let him jump in the water to cut the main sail free to try to save the main sail just jumped in without asking my permission.

“So the bottom line is our legs over, we’re still 2300 miles away from Cape Town. We are under jury rig heading that way, we’re assessing all our options and to say that we’re disappointed would be the understatement of the century.

“The boat was going great, the team was exactly what I always knew, awesome. This is a huge set back to the programme. Is this the end of the programme. not even a little bit, by no means, but is it realistically quite a set back. Of course it is, so lets just go cliché here, right out of the box, we’ll ‘live to fight another day’ I promise you that. So signing off from Puma’s Mar Mostro, it’s a sad a day."

VNR Shotlist
00:00-00:10 OPEN SLATE
00:10-00:30 Virtual Eye graphic of the fleet before and after the incident
00:30-00:50 Mar Mostro crew attempt rig salvage
00:50-01:05 Casey Smith diving in to save the mainsail
01:05-01:15 Broken mast on PUMA’s Mar Mostro
01:15-01:31 Establishing jury rig
01:31-03:29 Quote – Ken Read, Skipper,

PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG
“Approximately 2'oclock in the afternoon GMT. We had a complete disaster, cruising along, reaching along 23 knots of breeze, jib, staysail and the mast fell over the side. Obviously, first things first, everybody was in one piece, nobody was hurt, nobody was even close to being hurt and then some clear heroics from the crew. Casey [Smith] knowing full well that I wouldn’t let him jump in the water to cut the main sail free to try to save the main sail just jumped in without asking my permission. Tony [Mutter] has some experience in losing masts in the middle of oceans, so that came into play. All in all, as you’d expect out of this group – incredible act of seaman ship to make sure the boat wasn’t damaged and make sure everybody’s in one piece. So the bottom line is our leg’s over, we’re still 2300 miles away from Cape Town. We are under jury rig heading that way, we’re accessing all our options and to say that we’re disappointed would be the understatement of the century. The boat was going great, the team was exactly what I always knew, awesome. This is a huge set back to the programme. Is this the end of the programme. not even a little bit, by no means, but is it realistically quite a set back. Of course it is, so lets just go cliché here, right out of the box, we’ll live to fight another day I promise you that. So signing off from Puma’s Mar Mostro, it’s a sad a day.”

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Das Spiel ist vorläufig aus

PUMA Ocean Racing bleibt nichts anderes übrig als sich au der Leg 1 zurückzuziehen. Gestern Montag um 1500 UTC brach der Mast im südlichen Atlantik, rund 2150 M vor Kapstadt, Südafrika. Besatzungsmitglieder blieben gründsätzlich unverletzt. Kleine Blessuren wurden an Bord gepflegt.

Alle Teile der Segel und des Mastes wurden aus dem Wasser geholt. Das Boot steuert nun die rund 700 Meilen entfernte Insel Tristan da Cunha zu.

Wieso der Mast brach ist zuzeit nicht bekannt. Puma Skipper sprach von wahren Heldentaten seiner Mannschaft. "Wir segelten mit 23 Knoten als das Desaster kam. Der Mast fiel Fock, das Stagesegel und der Mast fielen zur Seite. Ich liess nicht alle Männer ins Meer springen, doch wir versuchten das Grosssegel bevor es sank zu retten. Ohne mein Wissen sprang einfach einer ins Wasser und befestigte das Segel.

Wir sind natürlich enttäuscht, ist ja klar, alles andere wäre die Untertreibung des Jahrhunderts. Das Boot war toll, ja genial. Das ist ein grosser Rückschlag für unser Programm. Wir werden aber wieder zurückkommen und weiter kämpfen. Heute ist wahrlich ein trauriger Tag."

"Unterm Strich also ist unsere Beine über, wir sind immer noch 2300 Meilen von Kapstadt entfernt. Wir sind unter Jury-Rig auf dem Weg dorthin, wir sind die Beurteilung all unseren Möglichkeiten und sagen, dass wir enttäuscht sind, wäre die Untertreibung des Jahrhunderts.

AUCH CAMPER IN NOT (Bild 2 und 3)
Auch bei Camper lief nicht alles rund und es gab einen Verletzten. So musste bei Bowmann Mike Pammenter (RSA) die Lippe genäht werden. Er war gerade beim Segel auswechseln als eine Wasserwand übers Boot fegte und ihm den Boden unter den Füssen wegspülte. Er schlug mit dem Gesicht voll in die Planken und musste mit scherzverzerrtem Gesicht sofort behandelt werden. Bootssanitäter Tony Rae und Stu Aannatyne verartzten ihn notfallmässig. Zum Glück trug Pammenter einen Helm, was ihn vor Schlimmsten schützte.

Stand Heute

Leg 1
Report: 22/11/2011 10:02:19 UTC
	DTL	DTLC	BS	DTF
1			TELE	0.00	0.0	17.5	1978.9
2			CMPR	94.40	5.0	19.3	2073.3
3			GPMA	273.60	11.0	22.9	2252.5
-			ADOR	Retired from Leg 1
-			PUMA	Retired from Leg 1
-			SNYA	Retired from Leg 1

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PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA has suffered a broken mast on the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, which began 17 days ago from Alicante, Spain. The rig onboard PUMAÕs Mar Mostro failed at around 15:00 UTC in the southern Atlantic Ocean, about 2,150 nautical miles from Cape Town, South Africa. (Credit: Amory Ross/PUMA Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Race)

AUCH AUF DER CAMPER GAB ES EINEN UNFALL! Onboard medic Tony Rae administers three stitches and anaesthetic to CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand bowman Mike Pammenter from South Africa, after suffering a broken tooth and gash to the face in a fall during a sail change, on leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

AUCH AUF DER CAMPER GAB ES EINEN UNFALL. Onboard medic Tony Rae administers three stitches and anaesthetic to CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand bowman Mike Pammenter from South Africa, after suffering a broken tooth and gash to the face in a fall during a sail change, on leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)