Vendée Globe, Veolia Environnement ha problemi alla chiglia
IncidentiOceanoVelaVendée Globe 29 Gennaio 2009 Zerogradinord 0
[singlepic=1600,250,170,,left]Vendée Globe – Oceano Atlantico – Alle 04.00 UTC di oggi, Roland Jourdain ha contattato il suo shore team per segnalare un’avaria alla chiglia del suo IMOCA 60. Al momento la barca è stabile e continua la navigazione verso le Azzorre, lontane circa 640 miglia.
A metà della notte, mentre navigava con velatura ridotta, Jourdain ha sentito un forte rumore provenire da sotto lo scafo (probabilmente generato dalla collisione con un cetaceo). Fermata la barca, lo skipper francese l’ha ispezionata a lungo senza riscontrare alcuna anomalia. Messe a segno le vele, l’IMOCA 60 è ripartito, ma quasi subito ha assunto un assetto anomalo.
Jourdain ha immediatamente dedotto di aver riportato un danno alla chiglia, anche se non è ancora possibile stabilire se questo sia dipeso dalla perdita del bulbo o da un’avaria alla lama di deriva.
VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT HAS KEEL PROBLEM
[Vendée Globe Press Release] At around 04.00 GMT this morning, Roland Jourdain called his shore team to tell them that he has a problem with his keel. For the moment, the boat is stable and continuing on her way towards the island of Sao Miguel in the Azores, some 640 miles to his North East.
Towards the end of the night while sailing under mainsail and genoa, Jourdain heard a suspicious noise on board Veolia Environnement and went to find out where it came from. He stopped his boat to inspect it, but did not find anything unusual. It was only after trimming the sails on again that the boat took on an abnormal heel.
Jourdain concluded almost immediately that there is damage to his keel. For the moment, he does not know whether he has lost the bulb or whether the keel blade has been damaged.
Today’s problem is possibly a consequence of his collision with a sea mammal on 8th January as the boat has had no subsequent impact with any type of floating objects.
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