Overview

• Walther announced the cancellation in an Instagram video, expressing regret over stopping and pride in the segment he completed.
• A harbour inspection on Fuerteventura found the six-metre offshore board too badly damaged to continue.
• He reported losing the navigation light and antenna and suffering a large hole in the cabin after the impact with an unknown object at night.
• The 44-year-old had covered more than 1,000 of the planned 6,000 kilometres after departing Portugal about two weeks earlier.
• His self-righting craft with a small sleeping cabin was part of his Zero Emissions project, which he emphasized was about awareness rather than setting a record.