{"id":23800,"date":"2025-01-10T13:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T14:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwest.jboats.com\/?p=23800"},"modified":"2025-01-10T14:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T14:51:59","slug":"boris-herrmann-in-mr-fix-it-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jboatssouthwest.com\/boris-herrmann-in-mr-fix-it-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Herrmann in Mr Fix-It mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>IMOCA \u2013 Malizia-Seaexplorer \u2013 Vend\u00e9e Globe <\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This morning skipper Boris Herrmann woke to the realisation that the hook on his J2 headsail had broken. The sail is safely secured on deck and the mast\u2019s integrity remains intact for the time being. But unless he can create a new hook system, he will have to continue the race without his most important headsail in terms of performance. Problems are piling up for the skipper. After climbing to the top of the mast to repair a rigging problem and being struck by lightning earlier this week, he finds himself facing another technical challenge.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>A technical problem slowing him down<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cIf the Vend\u00e9e Globe was easy, lots of people would do it,\u201d <\/em>he said in a video sent from <em>Malizia-Seaexplorer<\/em>. Having completed three-quarters of the course without any major difficulties, this week has been particularly challenging.\u00a0 He can\u2019t use the J2 sail because of the broken hook and yet it is indispensable. <em>\u201cThe hook of the J2 broke, so the sail had slipped part-way down the forestay, and that also ripped the sail\u2019s halyard\u201d. <\/em>He explained that his is \u201c<em>the only boat to have this hook mechanism on this sail. Ultimately, I feel it\u2019s my responsibility to get myself out of this situation\u201d<\/em>. For now, he can\u2019t hoist one of his most used sails.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Difficult solutions to implement<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a result he is very likely to lose ground against the competition. \u201c<em>I\u2019m sailing with the J3 which is fine for the moment but I\u2019ve lost several miles already, probably 10-12 while sorting this out<\/em>,\u201d he admitted. To solve it he must grit his teeth and climb the mast again, but has to wait for more favourable weather conditions. <em>Malizia-Seaexplorer<\/em> is slower without the J2: \u201c<em>Until I can hoist it again, we will probably be 30-40% slower. The worst case scenario is that I drop to 10<sup>th<\/sup> in the ranking\u201d. <\/em>Boris is already preparing to defend his position against the next group behind him which includes Samantha Davies, Clarisse Cr\u00e9mer and Benjamin Dutreux.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/yacht-club-monaco.mc\/en\/boris-herrmann-in-mr-fix-it-mode\/\">Boris Herrmann in Mr Fix-It mode<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/yacht-club-monaco.mc\">Yacht Club de Monaco<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 January 2025<br \/>\nThe post Boris Herrmann in Mr Fix-It mode first appeared on Yacht Club de Monaco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jboats_news_reviews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Boris Herrmann in Mr Fix-It mode - JBoats Southwest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/yacht-club-monaco.mc\/en\/boris-herrmann-in-mr-fix-it-mode\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boris Herrmann in Mr Fix-It mode - JBoats Southwest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"10 January 2025 The post Boris Herrmann in Mr Fix-It mode first appeared on Yacht Club de Monaco.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jboatssouthwest.com\/boris-herrmann-in-mr-fix-it-mode\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"JBoats Southwest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-10T14:48:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-10T14:51:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Stuart Johnstone\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Stuart Johnstone\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/yacht-club-monaco.mc\/en\/boris-herrmann-in-mr-fix-it-mode\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southwest.jboats.com\/boris-herrmann-in-mr-fix-it-mode\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Stuart Johnstone\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southwest.jboats.com\/#\/schema\/person\/77bcb7a5f0ec0fa3acd43f83ef11755a\"},\"headline\":\"Boris Herrmann in Mr Fix-It mode\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-10T14:48:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-10T14:51:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southwest.jboats.com\/boris-herrmann-in-mr-fix-it-mode\/\"},\"wordCount\":368,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southwest.jboats.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"J\/Boats News &amp; 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