Bar system damage for the winner of the previous edition

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Saturday December 28, 2024, Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq) announced a damage to the steering system on his Imoca.

An uncontrollable bar

On Friday December 27 in the evening, “while sailing in rough seas, with 5 meters of waves and nearly 30 knots of wind, off the coast of the Pacific Ocean, our skipper had to drastically reduce speed to study a problem technical, which affects the rudder (system which connects the rudders, which are then connected to the pilot cylinders),” explained the Maître Coq team in a press release.

This damage makes the uncontrollable bar.

Temporary repairs

The skipper then spent a good part of the night in communication with the technical team to find a solution.

Yannick Bestaven set up “a temporary system using ropes”.

“This fallback solution forces Maître Coq to advance at a reduced speed until the repairs allow it to be blocked correctly,” announces his team. Yannick Bestaven is currently studying all repair possibilities with his team.

A damage which occurs only three days after the loss of his sail which the skipper had filmed.

Currently 11^e of the Vendée Globe fleet, Yannick Bestaven is at approximately 550 kilometers from Cape Horn at the 11 a.m. clock.

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