At 2:11 am GMT, May 18, Hans Horrevoets, 32, was trimming a fractional
spinnaker on ABN AMRO Two when the boat nosedived into a wave at speed,
sending water sweeping aft. According to reports from the boat, once
the water had cleared the deck Horrevoets was missing. The crew 
put its MOB drill into effect, turned the boat around, and was able to
recover the unconscious Horrevoets despite difficult conditions-15-foot
waves and 25 to 30 knots of wind. Despite efforts by the
onboard medical team, assisted by accident and emergency doctors in
Plymouth, England, via radio, Horrevoets never regained consciousness,
and died. ABN AMRO Two was about 1,300 miles from Lands End, England,
when the incident occurred, and is now heading east again, but no
longer in race mode. http://www.volvooceanrace.org/news/article/2006/may/mobupdate/index.aspx