Pamela Lee on the Horta stopover and the help that got her back in the Route du Rhum

A new video from The Foil catches up with Ireland's Pamela Lee on her Class40 during the Route du Rhum, and it's a good reminder that offshore racing is about more than the leaderboard. Lee tells the story of her repair stopover in Horta, in the Azores, and how the rest of the fleet pitched in to get her back out on the course.

She does it from the floor of her boat, with three reefs in the sail and wild conditions outside, so you get a real sense of what she is dealing with out there. It's worth a few minutes.

Ireland's Pamela Lee wins the day with an incredible display of community helping her race!

Within the rules of the Route Du Rhum, competitors are allowed to make stopovers to make repairs, but it is not always met with the incredible display of camaraderie and community that Pamela Lee was met with when she had to stop in Horta.

Other teams and competitors rallied to help her make it back to the racecourse in a short window of time to finish her race...

And she tells us this story from the floor of her Class40, as back out on the sea it is the safest place for her to be in those wild conditions with THREE reefs in her sail!

Video: The Foil