Dongfeng Race Team was dismasted early on Monday (GMT, March 30). Fortunately nobody has been injured and there is no immediate danger to the crew. The incident happened 240 nautical miles west of Cape Horn at 0315 UTC on Monday, the crew reports that the mast broke above the third spreader (the top section of the mast).
The team is safe, they are not planning to continue racing on this leg, and are heading towards Ushuaia, Argentina, under their own sail.
More information as we get it here: http://bit.ly/dfg-breaks-mast
