The preliminary run of the Vendee Globe -- the race that inspired Dead on the Wind -- met tough times just getting out of the Harbor Saturday when 5 of the 14 competitors hit objects in the water, seriously damaging the 60-foot supersailboats. The world's toughest and most dangerous sailboat race just got tougher and more dangerous. Wow. (And you should read about it in fiction form!)
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