Tom Meade
Sailor Vincent Riou of France is at risk in The Artemis Transat race
08:06 AM EDT on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Solo sailor Vincent Riou of France, racing across the North Atlantic from Plymouth, England to Boston, was forced to abandon ship yesterday when the keel on his boat failed.
Riou was racing the 60-foot PRB in The Artemis Transat race that started May 11.
He reported hitting a large sea mammal yesterday at 3 a.m., but he believed that the damage remained superficial.
In the afternoon, he realized one of his keel pins was missing, and the appendage was only held by the ram used to cant it.
With an approaching storm, the French sailor decided to abandon ship and requested assistance. Loick Peyron, aboard Gitana Eighty was directed toward PRB by the race direction team, and was expected to arrive in the vicinity, 530 miles off Nova Scotia, last night.
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