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TJV: Simon Fisher on Alaka’i’s dismasting

12/11/2021

Simon Fisher, co-skipper with Justine Mettraux onboard 11th Hour Racing Team Alaka’i, recounts what happened when the mast went down onboard their IMOCA in the Transat Jacques Vabre and what happened next.

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