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‘I went through a nightmare’

Swiss skipper Oliver Heer, who is still chasing qualification for a Vendée Globe place, had one of the toughest Transats.

Heer, a former boat captain for Alex Thomson, was knocked down and nearly rolled in 40-knot winds, then hit by a large wave which plunged his IMOCA into a power blackout. With 1,300 miles still to

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