Keel-less 2

The Vendee Globe is always a lottery. Example: JP Dick lost his keel and somehow sailed home. Javier Sanso on Acciona wasn't so lucky. His Open 60 lost its keel and rolled over. Sanso took to his life raft and happily was airlifted to safety. 

His account of the capsize and rescue is here. This is what he had to say about the initial moments:

It all happened so quickly.  At around midday yesterday I was sailing upwind in around 20 knots from the NE and had just sent a report to the Race HQ giving my position and how all the energy systems were working well.  Suddenly, when on deck and about to let out a reef, there was a sudden bang that made the boat the boat shake and the boat heeled over suddenly, which threw me in the water before I could react. From the water I saw how the boat continued to heel over fast and then roll.  I was able to swim up to the transon and activate the life raft, which I got into.  I remained in the raft all afternoon and well into the evening.  I made the most of the daylight hours to try and dry out my clothes a bit.  But due to the strong swell, was unable to tie on to the boat so quickly started to drift away from her.

Since it is the 21st century, the rescue team shot a video:

Le sauvetage de Javier Sanso by VendeeGlobeTV