03/20/2007
Disaster has struck again for Graham Dalton during his ill-fated stay in Fortaleza, Brazil. Since arriving at 0930 UTC on the 14th March to fix the cassette, which holds his port rudder after hitting a UFO in the middle of the night, the Kiwi skipper has been struck by blow after blow of misfortune, not to mention a debilitating sickness and an onboard robbery.
Yesterday March 19th, was no exception as Graham Dalton rang Race Director, David Adams to inform him that during a boat test prior to re-joining the race he realised that the keel bulb was missing.
"I think my bulb has gone. It was blowing 8 knots and the boat fell over and I tried to cant the keel and I couldn't see it. So I dived down, the visibility was exceedingly poor but I could see that the bulb has gone," he said.
Dalton has returned to the marina in Fortaleza, Brazil to re-assess the situation. He is currently looking at his options.
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