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Kingfisher2 slows for repairs
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The crew of Kingfisher2 had to slow their yacht for six hours to repair damage after a collision with an underwater object during their round-the-world voyage. Kingfisher2, skippered by Brit Ellen MacArthur, hit an unidentified object overnight on Tuesday. The yacht was on day 21 of its attempt to break the Jules Verne record for the fastest circumnavigation, which stands at just under 65 days. The crew was surprised to find late on Wednesday that the daggerboard, which optimises upwind performance, was damaged by the collision. "We have about 1 metre of repaired daggerboard underneath. It won't effect our downwind performance at all but it's not perfect for sailing upwind," said MacArthur on her official Web site. The crew had to replace the damaged daggerboard, 4m high and weighing 700 kilograms, with the undamaged daggerboard from the other hull of the catamaran. "Transferring daggerboards, although hard, is not impossible especially with 14 crew on board," the Web site said. MacArthur successfully repaired a daggerboard when sailing single-handed in the Vendee Globe. "Then she had to remove a board that was 1.5 times her height and over 3 times her weight," the Web site said. Kingfisher2 is in the Southern Ocean, heading for Cape Horn. It was 3 hours and 52 minutes behind the record set by Orange in 2000, and 60 hours behind rival Geronimo which has been sailing for more than 40 days.
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