Ocean Race hit by tragedy as Dutch crewman loses his life

A COMPETITOR in the Volvo Ocean Race died in the early hours of yesterday after being swept overboard.

Dutchman Hans Horrevoets, 32, failed to regain consciousness after being pulled from the sea by fellow crew members on ABN Amro Two.

Horrevoets had been trimming the spinnaker as the boat sailed downwind in 30 knots of wind, around 1,300 miles west of Land’s End, Cornwall.