![]() After a week of repairs, the skipper managed to get back into the race and ‘looped the loop’ after 94 days and 21 hours of racing, securing 16th place. However, just one week into the race, Kojiro Shiraishi suffered an autopilot failure, causing the boat to yaw dramatically, resulting in three mainsail battens snapping and a large tear in the sail. The team of the skipper from the land of the rising sun opted not to upgrade the boat, but rather to enhance it.Īs a result, Kojiro set off on the solo round the world race aboard a reliable boat with the same performance capabilities as Charal 1, which had shown remarkable potential. The Japanese skipper participated in the previous Vendée Globe on the former Estrella Damm, which went on to become BT and then Veolia Environnement, with which Roland Jourdain won the 2010 Route du Rhum.
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