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Dismasted westernaustralia2011.com Arrives in Honolulu The yacht, one of ten internationally-backed entries in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race, was dismasted 700 miles off the coast of Japan on 5 March and crossed the Pacific under jury rig after retiring from the 4,400-mile Race 7 of Clipper 07-08. The yacht had to put in twice at Midway Island, at the north western-most tip of the Hawaiian island chain, the first time to take on more fuel, water and provisions to complete their journey, the second to repair their gearbox which was damaged when a trailing line fouled their propeller. The Clipper Race Team worked closely with the US Fish and Wildlife Service to ensure the necessary parts reached the isolated atoll, once the scene of a decisive WWII battle, now a treasured and fiercely protected wildlife haven. Halfway across the world the replacement mast section for westernaustralia2011.com and the new mast for Durban 2010 and Beyond, the other yacht dismasted in this gruelling race across the world’s largest ocean, were leaving Luxembourg on a front-loading jumbo jet after being completed over the Easter weekend in the UK. Staff at Spencer Rigging and Atlantic Spars pulled out all the stops to make sure the huge pieces of the 81-foot (24.5-metre) masts left their premises in Brixham, Devon, on schedule on Wednesday. They will be transferred to another aircraft in Los Angeles for the six-hour flight to Honolulu International Airport. In addition to the two masts, the planes will also carry standing rigging, replacement sails, mast electrics, running rigging, rigging tools and a swaging machine. The specialist swaging machine, used to terminate the standing rigging to the fittings, is being flown out to Hawaii as it has been impossible to source one on the islands. Mast fittings for the two dismasted yachts include sets of lights, wiring, wind instruments and aerials. Two boxes of standing rigging for the two dismasted yachts will also be flown to Hawaii, amounting to more than 325 yards (300 metres) of steel cable that support the masts. Meanwhile, replacement rigging fittings are being produced in Germany to be replaced across the fleet. Despite breaking one of their CNC tools used to manufacture the fittings, the company has sourced a new one and the order is on schedule to be completed today, and will also be flown out to Hawaii. Clipper Ventures is also flying out four specialist riggers from the UK. Three from Spencer Rigging will arrive this evening and one from Atlantic Spars will join them on Monday to work with the Clipper maintenance team and the local riggers in order to get the fleet moving again as quickly as possible. The restart of Race 8 from Hawaii to Santa Cruz was originally scheduled for 26 March. The current delay to the restart is anticipated to be 3-5 April.
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