CC MEMO -- Wild Photo

Last Friday was the particularly windy day in Act 6 when a number of the yachts were damaged.

Alinghi and China Team had some scary moments downwind when the yachts partially "broached" -- nearly rolling over on their sides, despite having a 20,000kg ton bulb on the end of a 4.1 meter keel.

Both recovered from the broaches and went on to finish their matches.

China Team's broach was the more dramatic. I have only seen one picture of it -- a copyrighted photo which was posted on their excellent team site.

It is such a good picture, and scary moment, that I have asked for and kindly received permission from China Team to post it here....



Am told that CHN 69 was already on the way back up when this picture was taken. China Team showed their determination and pluck by finishing out the match, despite the biggest broach by an ACC yacht in memory.