Offshore racer and chief Mr Fix-it during The Ocean Race, Jack Bouttell shares tips for keeping your boat going offshore with Andy Rice
n the 50-year history of The Ocean Race (ex-Whitbread/Volvo), Leg 3 of the 2023 edition from Cape Town, South Africa through the Southern Ocean to Itajaí, Brazil, was the longest ever. Jack Bouttell was crew on Charlie Enright’s , and became chief boat fixer over 14,840 miles as the IMOCA suffered a series of breakdowns. Broken battens in the mainsail, two damaged rudders, damaged foil downlines, as
