again, allowing him to start sailing again. Together with the onshore team back in the UK, the focus of the last 24 hours has been on the repairs to enable him to continue safely: "The bar is a very thin carbon tube about 3m long which was broken in two places, and we do not carry a spare unfortunately," explained Alex. "Cliff our composite engineer is a genius problem solver and he came up with a plan with Ross and Clarke which would splint the breaks using carbon strips. I firstly had to cut the strips with the grinder with a diamond cutting blade I have onboard. I was not looking forward to doing it because literally everything would be covered in carbon dust. I cleared the cockpit and got to work all while averaging 19 knots of boat speed. I managed to do it without cutting a finger off or cutting through the cockpit floor. Once I had finished I was covered in silver paint and back carbon dust and the cockpit looked like Cliff's workshop! The repair sure ain't pretty but it should be functional and was about 7 hours work all in plus some tidy up time. I was pretty knackered but pleased. It has been an amazing team effort." Whilst the repair to the tie bar is complete, Alex still aims to repair the hydrogenerator in the next few days as it is the primary power source onboard HUGO BOSS. Alex said "I need the hydro