Late last night, while sailing under mainsail and genoa, Roland heard a suspicious noise on board Veolia Environnement and went to find out where it came from.  He stopped his boat to inspect it, but did not immediately find anything unusual.  It was only after trimming the sails on again that the boat took on an abnormal heel. Jourdain concluded quickly that  there was damage to his keel. 

For the moment, he does not know whether he has lost the bulb or whether the keel blade has been damaged.

Today’s problem is probably a consequence of his collision with a sea mammal on 8th January as the boat has had no subsequent impacts with any type of floating objects.