Boats have been diverted to help the stricken sailor who is around 1,200 miles off the coast of Argentina.
Ian Herbert-Jones was competing in the single-handed Golden Globe Race when his vessel repeatedly rolled in a storm with winds over 50 knots.
The yachtsman, who lives in Shropshire with his wife and three children, is reportedly beyond helicopter range. Shortly afterwards it was confirmed that the Falkland Islands Fisheries Patrol Vessel Lilibet has been tasked to rescue Herbert-Jones, but is some 300 miles south and 30 hours away. He said: “Well I’ve had better days. The rig came down, and the mast is still banging against the side of the hull at the moment. I haven’t been able to cut all the rigging away yet. I’ve managed to deploy the drogue [a sea brake], and I’ve got the water ingress under control.
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