Skipper Ian Walker supervised an incredible five-hour job that saw 30 bolts screwed through the hull of Abu Dhabi\u2019s boat Azzam (which means ‘determination’ in Arabic) to prevent further damage<\/p>\n
The Azzam crew make a masterful “at-sea” repair that will hopefully keep them in the race.\u00a0In order to carry out the repair the crew slowed the boat to a standstill before tilting it onto it’s side during heavy weather. Bowman Justin Slattery was then lowered overboard to tighten the bolts outside of the hull.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Skipper Ian Walker supervised an incredible five-hour job that saw 30 bolts screwed through the hull of Abu Dhabi\u2019s boat Azzam (which means ‘determination’ in Arabic) to prevent further damage The Azzam crew make a masterful “at-sea” repair that will hopefully keep them in the race.\u00a0In order to carry out the repair the crew slowed the boat to a standstill before tilting it onto it’s side during heavy weather. Bowman Justin Slattery was then lowered overboard to tighten the bolts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[378,25],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-1988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-composites-tv","category-marine","tag-carbon-fibre","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"\n