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This is going to be the longest day for the Hugo Boss team as they re-assemble and launch the boat.
She came out the shed on schedule early this morning, emerging into a dank, chilly dawn, going in to the slings, dwarfed by the huge travel hoist on the commercial dock ready for launching.
Paul Chandler has spoken to ITV News this evening about the terrifying night pirates hijacked their yacht. 'I was off watch.
I was asleep and men with guns came aboard. It was on Friday last week at 0230,' said Paul Chandler, whose identity was confirmed by Rachel Chandler's brother Stephen Collett. 'They kept asking for money and took everything of value on the boat.'
The pirates then headed for the Somalian coast onboard the Chandlers' Rival 38 Lynn Rival, where they were spotted by an airborne patrol (see picture).
At 1310 GMT today, Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael/BRA) obliterated the 24-hour record run for a monohull when the team recorded a run of 593.23 nautical miles.
The previous record (562.96 nm) was set by ABN AMRO TWO/Sebastian Josse/FRA during leg two of the previous Volvo Ocean Race in 2006. The new mark is subject to ratification by the World Sailing Speed Record Council.
The Powerboat Racing community are still in shock at hearing the news that former Race Director of the Jet Sport Racing Association went missing at sea on Friday 24th October in Bali. Jeremy had recently attended the IJSBA World Finals in Lake Havasu, Arizona then was invited to attend the 2008 Asia Beach Games in Bali as Race Director for the Jet Ski Sport events.
Alex Thomson Racing have been working round the clock to repair HUGO BOSS in time for the start of the Vendee Globe on November 9th.
Here’s an update on progress.
Premier Yacht Sales Limited became the premier UK dealer for the Cranchi Power Brand at the start of 2008.
Premier is very proud of this luxury Italian motor boat range and believes that now is a good time to buy despite the doom and gloom in the press.
It has been a week since the incident involving a French fishing vessel and HUGO BOSS.
The team at Alex Thomson Racing have been working around the clock to manage the repair to the boat.
The Pro Softshell Jacket has been designed with the look and feel of a true racing outer shell with a soft and supple handle – hence the term
Softshell. It has the versatility to be worn in a full-on race environment – or just as easily as a great looking deck coat.
Speaking via satellite phone aboard Virgin Money – 2 days into their attempt to break the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by mono-hull, an exhausted Richard Branson said: “We’ve just experienced a night from hell when Virgin Money was struck by a massive wave from behind – washing one of our life rafts over board, damaging the spinnaker and devastatingly tearing a massive hole in our mainsail.
Alex Thomson's Open 60 Hugo Boss came under the knife this morning as the six strong team of boatbuilders got to work on cutting away the damaged area of the boat.