Digby Taylor examines the broken mast of NZI Enterprise at Waitangi Harbour in the Chatham Islands. After the failure of a $20 threaded rigging bolt, while sailing in moderate conditions, the $500,000 mast snapped in three places. The yacht, 800km beyond the Chathams, was on the third leg of the Whitbread round-the-world race. A new mast is on its way from Cape Town and it is hoped the maxi-yacht will be able to rejoin the race to Punta del Este, Uruguay, on Friday.
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Press, 27 February 1986, Page 28
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83Digby Taylor examines the broken mast of NZI Enterprise at Waitangi Harbour in the Chatham Islands. After the failure of a $20 threaded rigging bolt, while sailing in moderate conditions, the $500,000 mast snapped in three places. The yacht, 800km beyond the Chathams, was on the third leg of the Whitbread round-the-world race. A new mast is on its way from Cape Town and it is hoped the maxi-yacht will be able to rejoin the race to Punta del Este, Uruguay, on Friday. Press, 27 February 1986, Page 28
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