By Richard Crockett
Bruce Dalling, the South African entrant in the singlehanded transatlantic yacht race, is in trouble 300 miles out in the Atlantic after his boom broke in a high wind yesterday, reported the Cape Times on 4 June 1968.
He fashioned a jury rig and was not turning back.
The incident happened when he was trying to reef the mainsail in a Force 7 wind. The boom swung out and broke at the gooseneck and blew overboard, taking five hours to get it back on board.
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE: 1968 06 04 – Cape Times – Bruce Dalling Archives – S&A – 002457_Redacted – OCR