Others predicted that Joyon would be unable to handle IDEC's enormous sails or that the boat could lose her mast in the rough conditions that any round-the-world sailor inevitably would face.

还有人预测茹瓦永无法控制爱德克艇上巨大的帆，艇上的桅杆也会在恶劣的环境中倒下，这是任何环球航行的水手都不可会遇到的。

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The mast on his yacht broke in rough weather forcing him to abandon it.

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