Video: A dramatic few hours on CAMPER
Video update of a dramatic few hours aboard CAMPER as bowman Mike Pammenter suffers moderate facial injuries when washed into the shrouds by a wave. Some good work from medics Trae and Stu however ensures that Mike is on the road to recovery.
WARNING: There is some some rather graphic content in this video so discretion is advised!
To the Blacks in Red – the wind has not favoured you guys on this leg at all – up until now. Let’s hope it stays this way. Bad luck with the fat lip as well, but at least he didn’t damage the shrouds. That would have been the pits.
Good luck from a Kiwi currently cruising the Med. I follow you guys on sail-world.com every single day. And I am talking years, not weeks!
In fact in days of yor when this race was the Whitbread and I was living in London, I called up Portsmouth for the Lat and Long of all boats, then logged them on a map of the world.
Gluck gluck, Russell
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Dalts has warned about how keen Trae is to use his needles….
Good thing hat Mike had his helmet on and the injury was not
any worse, it could have easily been really bad…..
-and very good thing, Trae is really skilled with the needle….!!!
and stil does not need glasses to do the work, like other men of his age….LoL
Get well Mike !!!
Take Care.
G.
Well done Trae, you should have been a doctor. More money but less fun. Good luck with the recovery Mike.
Marcel Fachler
Ouch!! Well done to Trae and the team for getting Mike patched up.
Mike …. if you want a rest in future chose an easier option
All the best to all ……
Trae, fantastic job!! Mike, such a brave soul (i hope they gave him a red jelly bean for being a brave boy) Great to see your spirits so high, keep going guys your doing a great job..