Battered racing yacht, crew limp toward San Francisco Bay
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April 4, 2012, Wednesday
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A BATTERED racing yacht and its bruised crew were set to dock at a California port yesterday, three days after a monstrous wave knocked off its steering wheel and injured several crew members during an around-the-world race.
The Geraldton Western Australia was slammed by the giant wave on Saturday about 400 miles west of San Francisco during the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
After the Coast Guard picked up two injured members on Sunday, the remaining 11 sailors decided to press on to finish the race's longest leg. They were expected to reach the Port of Oakland late yesterday and become the last of 10 boats to complete a 5,680-mile trek across the Pacific. Meanwhile, injured Jane Hitchens, 50, and Nik Brbora, 29, walked off the Coast Guard ship and waved to reporters before they were put on stretchers and taken to a hospital in separate ambulances.
The Geraldton Western Australia was slammed by the giant wave on Saturday about 400 miles west of San Francisco during the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
After the Coast Guard picked up two injured members on Sunday, the remaining 11 sailors decided to press on to finish the race's longest leg. They were expected to reach the Port of Oakland late yesterday and become the last of 10 boats to complete a 5,680-mile trek across the Pacific. Meanwhile, injured Jane Hitchens, 50, and Nik Brbora, 29, walked off the Coast Guard ship and waved to reporters before they were put on stretchers and taken to a hospital in separate ambulances.
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