The VO60, Bank BPH, skippered by the Polish sailor Roman Paszke arrived safely in Cape Town, South Africa yesterday evening. Paszke and his nine-man crew were forced to retire from their fully-crewed round the world speed challenge when their main boom broke last Thursday sailing in rough conditions in the Indian Ocean see news story here .

The boat is now moored up in Cape Town where it will undergo repairs and a thorough service including check of the hull, the rigging and steering gear. Once this is complete, the team will decide whether to continue their global voyage. However, to re-establish their challenge to set the first ever fully crewed, non-stop, monohull, circumnavigation record they will have re-start.