Not a case of overzoom!

This from Jon's admirer on Schutlebut:

As to why Vestas Wind ran aground, Vestas Chief Marketing Officer Morten Albæk is delaying comment. “The root cause of the accident is now under investigation. (However) we obviously hope to stay in the race."

A team led by the Vestas shore crew is now en route to Mauritius to further assess the damage to the boat.

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing skipper Ian Walker was not surprised by the incident. "When we went past there we actually said how easy it would be to hit it at night. Fortunately we went through there in the daylight. It is very difficult to see it with the electronic charts, and of course at night you wouldn't see it at all."

Team Alvimedica, which had been near Vestas Wind at the time of the incident, was equally concerned about safely navigating through the area. "We had been talking about these reefs for some time, so we were already pretty nervous about it," noted navigator Will Oxley.

Dongfeng Race Team reporter Yann Riou notes how they also had the Cargados Carajos Shoals directly in their path. "Skipper Charles Caudrelier had noticed this archipelago a few days earlier, but it’s worth noting that it’s actually pretty hard to find. In fact, to see it on our electronic charts, you have to zoom right in on top of it. But how and why would you zoom into it if you don’t know it’s there in the first place? So whilst we don’t know exactly what happened on Vestas, we can imagine how it happened."