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Repairs and spills for skippers in Vendee Globe round world race

(Reuters) Having started on November 6, the depleted fleet of Vendee Globe boats is running into the one-month-in period of breakages and repairs that the skippers dread. Down in 16th place Conrad Colman got a nasty shock when his boat Foresight Natural Energy got flattened and stopped with the sail in the water. “If you think you had a bad day, just look at mine!” said the New Zealand/USA skipper. “There is a way out […]