Rolex Sydney Hobart: Maximus dismasted
Five crew from the New Zealand maxi Maximus were injured when the 30 metre yacht's mast crashed on the deck at 3am on December 27Article by Lisa Ratcliff
Three crew were airlifted to Moruya Hospital for medical attention and a further two were taken off by boat.
"It must have been the forestay fitting at the top of the mast that let go because the mast just came straight down the boat, down the cockpit, out the back, boom and all," said crewman Ian Treleaven as he was receiving medical attention in Batemans Bay.
"We were just getting ready to do a tack. We had to tack inshore, because we just had to sort out a problem to allow us to put a reef in the main and that's why we were all in our positions. It was all the guys at the back of the boat who got injured."
Of those injured, three were air-lifted to Moruya Hospital including Glen Attrill from Sydney who has lower back injuries, George Hendy from New Zealand who has head and rib injuries and David Mundy who has a broken leg, chest, rib and pelvis injuries.
A police launch took two other crewman, Ian Treleaven from Sydney, with head injuries, and Martin Hannon from New Zealand, who had concussion, shoulder and back injuries, to Bateman's Bay.
Maximus motored back to Sydney.
Photo by Rolex/Daniel Forster: A helicopter lifts an injured crew member from the dismasted Maximus
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