Sport 05-12-2001 who: Volvo Ocean Race crews what: Battered and bruised after `worst leg ever` where: Sydney when: Yesterday snippet: The 6,500 mile leg of the race from Cape Town to Sydney was hit by huge waves, "forcing the sailors to go back into the Roaring Forties and endure the rigours of Bass Strait where six sailors died in the 1998 Sydney-Hobart Race," explains the Guardian. A catalogue of injuries ensued, with many of the crews requiring emergency medical treatment, including one yachtsman whose split skull was stitched by the sailmaker. [... more]

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