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SEB has arrived in Chile - the new mast is underway
Author: Anette Bargel
The Swedish boat SEB has today retired from the fourth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race due to losing her rig last week. The boat and crew have now arrived in Punta Arenas in Chile. Here SEB will be loaded onboard a cargo ship for further transport to Rio de Janeiro, the starting location of leg five of the race.
"The important things right now is stepping the new rig, repairing the damages on the boat, and most of all; looking after the crew and mentally recharging ourselves for the remaining five legs of the race" skipper Gurra Krantz reports from Punta Arenas.
Early this morning the crew started SEB's engine to motor the last bit up to Punta Arenas through the Magellan Strait. Tomorrow the cargo ship that will transport SEB up to Rio de Janeiro arrives. The spare mast, which Team SEB has had stored in Gothenburg, will be air freighted to Rio.
"It has been a challenge organizing all the onshore logistics since the mast broke and we are working around the clock to solve the logistics of all the transports" Pelle Norberg, Managing Director for the syndicate company within Team SEB comments.
SEB's crew will on Sunday fly from Punta Arenas to Rio de Janeiro and the cargo ship with SEB onboard is estimated to arrive there on February 24th.
The fifth leg of Volvo Ocean Race is bound for Miami and starts Saturday the 9th of March.
More Information:
- YachtsandYachting.com Volvo Ocean Race Information Page
- www.VolvoOceanRace.org
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