Friday, November 7, 2014

Breaking News / Cat Phones Dismasted during the Route du Rhum. Conrad is safe #RDR21014

At 17:30 UTC, British competitor, Conrad Humphreys, Racing on the Class 40 Cat Phones, contacted the race office of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe to report that his boat had dismasted when he was 380nm east of the Azores. 

Credit : AFP

Conrad Humphreys is safe inside the boat and he is monitoring the situation. The Race Direction of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe contacted the CROSS (France’s Maritime Rescue Coordination Center). They are keeping the contact with the British skipper to try to get him to the coast as soon as possible.

From Rivacom