ABN AMRO 1 dismasted

I just read that my favorite ocean racer, the ABN AMRO 1, was dismasted in the Sydney - Hobart race. Fortunately the crew is ok. http://www.zeilen.com/publish/article_2606.shtml

Here I am standing at the wheel of the Black Betty when it was moored of the Scheepvaart Museum in Amsterdam: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3725/256/1600/IMG_2996.jpg