The centerboard and rudder of Movistar in the Desafío Español base. They will be ready in three days.

Peper Ribes, bowman of VOR 70 Movistar, arrived on Thursday morning at the Desafío Español 2007 base together with the damaged centerboard and rudder, to be repaired in the base of the Spanish challenger. The two appendages are already being repaired by technicians of the challenger and King Marine, the shipyard in charge of the construction of the new Spanish America’s Cup boat.

Agustín Zulueta, Technical and Sports Director of the Spanish challenger, pointed out that repairs would be carried out in three stages; the centerboard and the rudder that are already in the team's base; the repairs that can be carried out in the shipyard and the work that will done onboard the boat in Portimao.

Gabriel Mariani, in charge of King Marine, emphasized that six specialists in composite materials will travel to Portimao in order to finish the bulkhead repairs. Concerning the centerboard and the rudder, Mariani confirmed they could be ready within three or four days and the nature of the damage demonstrates they were the result of a collision.

Pepe Ribes, Movistar bowmnan, thanked "the support and considerable effort by the spanish challenger to repair the damage of Movistar" and stated that "if all repairs are finished by the 29th of the month, as expected, they would be in condition to resume sailing on the 1st of December, the deadline that would allow us to continue sailing towards Cape Town".