🚨 Abandon for Arno Biston & Vittoria Ripa Di Meana (Article.1)

Arno Biston and Vittoria Ripa Di Meana (Article1) have abandoned the race.

They preferred to abandon the race. Arno Biston and Vittoria Ripa Di Meana informed the race direction of their intention to abandon the race this morning. The skippers of Article.1 arrived in Tenerife at dawn today. They had decided to stop there to repair their spinnakers, which had torn this weekend.

But this Monday, after considering all possible solutions, they unfortunately realized that no sail repairs are possible before Wednesday, April 30. This is too long a delay to consider resuming the race with peace of mind. They are obviously disappointed, as this transatlantic race was a major goal, but not discouraged. The crew wants to move forward and is now focused on returning their boat to Lorient and the rest of the racing season.

Arno, a promising skipper, has just started his second season in Figaro while Vittoria was competing in its first race on this circuit.