A piece of sailing history goes up in smoke

[PascalG]

VIDEO: Enigma on fire in Langkawi - SuperyachtNews

Images shared by a captain in the area showed 75m Enigma on fire in Langkawi, a video has now emerged online

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Fires on mega yachts happen but in this case it is a piece of sailing history which went up in smoke. This boat was built back in 1975 by a legendary sailor to compete in the 1976 singlehanded Transat. Yes... single handed in a 200’+ boat... the boat was then converted to cruising and had a colorful history.

Club Méditerranée: the crazy bet of a 72m sailboat for a single man

_ Some sailboats have unusual stories. These are legendary boats. This is the case of Club Méditerranée launched for the 1976 Transat. When Alain Colas asked for a 72-metre sailboat to take part in the 1976 transatlantic race, sailors from all over the world laughed in his face. And yet Alain...

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[Brian N]

Did I read that article correctly, he not only single-handed it, he only had one foot?!?

This photo is heartbreaking...

 

[PascalG]

Sort of... I think they were able to save most of his foot but he had limited use.

sadly he disappeared a couple of years later while racing solo in the Route du Rhum between France and the Caribbean. He was racing a trimaran and neither him Or his boat were ever found.

 

[Brian N]

What a guy! And what a piece of technology that boat was to be capable of being single-handed!