For the next 6 months or so, Team Vestas Wind’s shore manager Neil “Coxy” Cox will have his hands full trying to piece his team’s VOR65 back together after the stern was literally ripped off the boat by an Indian Ocean reef.
To actually have the boat, or what’s left of her, sitting aboard the Maersk Stockholm, a containership bound for Italy is nothing short of a logistical miracle. It’s going to take some magic and ninja skills though to get her race-ready and on a starting line in 6 months.
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