Last night Ger O'Rourke's Delta Lloyd was taken out of the water for damage repairs. In yesterday's second In-Port Race, Team Russia's bow sprit went through the starboard side of the Dutch 70-foot hull.Last night Ger O'Rourke's Delta Lloyd was taken out of the water for repairing the damage. In yesterday's second In-Port Race, Team Russia's bow sprit went through the starboard side of the Dutch 70-foot hull.It will take three days to finish all the work, of which the Delta Lloyd will be onshore for two days. The shore crew uses the opportunity to fix other jobs as well. If everything goes according to plan, she will return to the sea on Monday evening October 6th. In that case, the training sessions can be resumed on Wednesday October 8th.
After all the hard work to get her ready for the start of the Volvo Ocean Race, the Delta Lloyd is back onshore. "We will replace the core material and build it up from both sites", said shore manager Jeff Condell (IRL) about the necessary repairs. "Senior boat builder Jeremy Thomas will be in charge of this process. We will take the opportunity to do other jobs as well, such as setting the mast properly. The engineer will come in on Monday." He will finalize the canting keel hydraulica. "This needs a dry test first and then we have to repeat this under pressure, so while sailing." The Delta Lloyd is meant to float again on Monday evening or Tuesday morning. Because of this unexpected situation, the Dutch/Irish syndicate could not line up for today's Pro Am Race. However, it is exempted from a penalty of not starting the mandatory race.
