New Zealand's record-seeking bio-fuelled trimaran Earthrace has been impounded in Guatemala after it crashed into an "unlit" fishing boat (i.e. quite possibly a drugs pickup vessel) just off the Pacific coast and knocked three crewmen overboard, one of whom is now presumed drowned. Skipper Pete Bethune from Auckland is appealing for local sympathy on the grounds that they stopped to save one of the unfortunate 'fishermen'. The Kiwis see this fatal incident as yet another unfortunate 'hurdle' that their round-the-world record bid will have to leap over.Nice boat. I'm sure there's at least one retired colonel in Guatemala who thinks it would look rather excelente moored outside his pad on the Rio Dulce. (Thanks to Scott for this link)
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