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Sailing – Volvo Ocean Race – Ericsson 3 snaps top mast runner

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Latest news from the Volvo Ocean race fleet on leg 6 to Boston. Drama on Ericsson 3 as her top mast runner snapped.

ERICSSON 3 LEG SIX DAY 5 QFB: received 15.04.09 1450 GMT

‘Bang!’

It is last night, darkness, 12 knots of wind. Suddenly a very loud bang goes through the boat. I’m sitting in the media station fixing the electricity and have just restarted the media desk. I instantly swear that I can’t press the crash button, this seems to be dramatic.

It almost felt like the mast was about to come down. When we came up on deck it turns out that it was not far from it. The topmast runner had snapped.

Magnus Woxén was standing by the helm at the time and …  Details

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