If I understood it correctly Alex Thomson was back in the race having made repairs to his boat when he hit something that broke his rudder. Is that correct?

We saw the interview in today's English language roundup. The poor guy was almost, if not actually, in tears.

The problem, obviously, with these foiling boats (any race boat for that matter) is to get the right balance between structural integrity and weight. They are really on the veryt edge of the possible.

One thing about all this is that it highlights just how much technology has changed since Joshua Slocum made the first single handed voyage around the world in 1895 to 1898.

Peter

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