Vendée Globe. Arkéa Paprec collides with a UFO, damage to the starboard foil

While sailing in 4^e Vendée Globe position 436 miles from leader Charlie Dalin, Arkéa Paprec collided with an OFNI. The impact took place with the starboard foil. The skipper quickly established an inventory which he shared with his shore team and the race director to warn them of the situation. The starboard foil is damaged. The low wedge (low fulcrum of the foil, junction between the foil and the boat) and the foil well (it is in this well that the foil crosses the boat) are no longer attached to the boat. Sébastien is doing everything he can to get the situation under control, particularly in anticipation of heavy seas and sustained winds to come next night. He laid the boat down to limit the entry of water, the importance of which is not yet known.

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Remember that Sébastien was one of the baffled boats to rescue Kevin Escoffier the night before last. He was able to resume his route in the race at the end of the rescue operations, at 2:24 French time in the night from Monday to Tuesday. Since then, he has adorned the Cape of Good Hope, the first highly symbolic passage of this solo round-the-world trip. It was at 3:30 am that night. She was sailing on port tack at 17.6 knots instantaneous speed in the 9am classification in about 20 knots from the West and rough seas with troughs of 3 to 4 meters. (Press service source)

More information to come.