GGR 2018 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (6th of November)
November 13, 2018 · 27 min · 332 views · Hobart
What this video covers
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede, a competitor in the 2018 Golden Globe Race, sustained mast damage after a knockdown in the Southern Ocean.4:21 The boat suffered a 150-degree knockdown in 70-knot winds and heavy seas, causing the mast to wrap in rigging wires.4:39 The entrant is currently stationary while awaiting a secondary weather system with 45-knot gusts and seven-meter seas before heading to port for repairs.6:25 Elsewhere in the fleet, Tapio Lehtinen is experiencing light winds and becalmed conditions near Hobart, while Igor Zaretskiy and Mark Sinclair continue making progress toward Cape Horn.0:21 Susie Goodall successfully repaired her wind vane by re-meshing the bevel gears after a 20-minute adjustment, a fix now identified as a standard procedure for that unit.15:26 Entrants in the race utilize a layered clothing system, typically carrying two sets of thermal base layers and fiber-pile mid-layers to account for damage or moisture.10:31
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