Arthur’s column

Not quite the way it is supposed to be – this pciture of “Actuel” after her capsize shows the other side of life on these extreme machines.

Actuel after her capsize

Apparently she was sailing at around 20 knots in 24 knots of breeze when she very suddenly pitchpoled.  Looking at the photo it is not hard to guess that she hit something – probably a shipping container.  Unfortunately there are rather a lot of them floating around, and they tend to float like icebergs – not much above the water.

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