Translated 9 retires from OGR with hull damage

Translated 9, one of the leading yachts in the Ocean Globe Race (OGR), has been forced to retire from the round-the-world race with hull damage and has diverted to Madeira.

The Italian yacht, the current International Rating Certificate (IRC) leader of the fourth leg, pulled out of the race after a heavy broach when 50-knot gusts slammed her down, reopening previously repaired cracks in her hull around the rudder skeg and causing her to take on water.

On 5 April, OGR race control received a text message from co-skipper Nico Malingri stating that the yacht’s previous rudder skeg repairs were failing with obvious signs of hull flexing and delamination with the original hull.