The Italian sailor Gaetano Mura on a solo round the globe world record attempt was forced to make an emergency stop in Fremantle for repairs on his Class40 vessel “Italia”.
Gaetano Mura spent 65 days alone at sea across the Atlantic Ocean, Cape of Good Hope and the Indian Ocean.
It remains unclear whether Mr Mura will succeed in completing his sail around the world which will end in Gibraltar after sailing a total of 25.000 nautical miles from his origin.