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The storm that dismasted the Europe1 New Man TRANSAT front runners Fast-moving low pressure cell causes chaos This animated image courtesy of the UK met office shows the first four days of the Europe 1 New Man Single-handed Trans-Atlantic yacht race. After experiencing light winds for the first two days, the monohull fleet was hit with a very fast-moving low which developed right over the top of them. Many yachts were in the dangerous south-west quadrant and copped a beating. Three yachts dismasted and another, caught with too much sail, made a run to the south to escape the worst of it. But as you can see in the animated image, a lot of water well to the south of the low remained stormy for many hours afterwards. Here's a tip: When you see puffy little white blobs behind a frontal cloud band, they indicate squalls. Where there are squalls there is a heap of wind. |