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VIDEO: A message from Alex Thomson – Scuttlebutt Sailing News
After incurring damage on November 27 to the starboard rudder of his boat, British sailor Alex Thomson was forced to retire from the 2020-21 Vendée Globe
After incurring damage on November 27 to the starboard rudder of his boat, British sailor Alex Thomson was forced to retire from the 2020-21 Vendée Globe on November 28, 2020. In this video, Thomson speaks for the first time after his dreams of Vendée Globe victory end in heartbreak.
Background: Following the damage, Thomson disconnected the starboard rudder and had been sailing the yacht with just one rudder. After assessing the situation a day later, the skipper and his team have decided that…
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