The vaunted Offshore Challenges machine can manage sailing careers, record attempts and sponsorship bonanzas. But even they can’t account for idiots in powerboats. And on Sunday one such idiot smacked directly into B&Q’s middle bow, while the boat was sitting at her slip in Cowes. You can read all about it here. But here’s Ellen on the incident: “It’s a busy river here and these things can happen. The main thing is no one was hurt. The focus is now getting her repaired and back in the water.” Hmmm, she’s being a lot more polite than I would be (or she was in private, I’m betting)…
B&Q’s Battered Bow: “Hey, it’s a good thing we’re sponsored by a hardware conglomerate…”
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