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Boris Herrmann

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 - At approximately 19:00 UTC on 28th February 2023, 

 were sailing in big waves with good wind conditions when they 

. The team quickly assessed that it had become 

 and this was the reason for it falling. This is something that the shore team and sailing team are discussing further 

With darkness approaching and the big ocean swell, the team had to act quickly. 

 of the sail was pulling against the mainsail, not wanting to cause any further damage he acted quickly and cut the halyard 2 meters from the hook. This allows for the halyard to be easily repaired when they have more time. 

. The team were concerned to damage anything further knowing that the sail was wrapped around the 

 were able to pull this onboard and store it down below. 

The IMOCAs must all carry a total of 8 sails on board one of which must be a storm jib and the main sail, therefore, leaving 6 other headsails to choose from. The team will have to 

 and make good decisions in order to ensure they can sail optimally 

Skipper Boris Herrmann commented after the incident: “Our downwind sail came off the hook and fell into the water... Now, we are on a different downwind sail but this issue gave us a

losing maybe 20 nautical miles at least and a sail

 in sorting this out and no other damages as far as we know”.

WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE EVENT CAPTURED BY OUR ONBOARD REPORTER