Luke Berry (Britain) – Lamotte – Module Creation (Class40)

Around 07:00 (French time), before sunrise, we were downwind in an easterly wind under medium spinnaker with two reefs, we were not overloaded, and we were in manageable conditions; we pitched a few times before the last one. I was in the bunk, Tanguy (Le Turquais, co-skipper) was at the helm. We don’t understand it, the conditions were not terrible. We recovered everything, we left nothing in the sea, the top of the mast went, then it broke in half. We managed to get everything back in the boat. We’re on our way to Roscoff. We ‘re really disappointed for everyone (involved in the project) especially since we were in the lead at that time.