From today's Scuttlebutt Europe:

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Amsterdam, Holland: Mitch Booth was released from hospital

yesterday on the 18th of June after being seriously injured when the boat

pitch polled at full speed during the Round Texel on Saturday June 15.



Booth got scanned in the MRI Centre in Amsterdam. Conclusion was a severe

damaging of the lower back muscle. Tomorrow physiotherapy will to start.

Booth still has a lot of trouble to move and will be out of the running for

some three weeks. It does not look like he and his EDS Sailing Team will be

competing in Kiel Week.



Mitch Booth commented. "In a flash everything passes through your mind. Then



you only want to straighten the boat and keep going. But you feel great pain



and you know things are not good! However I helped getting the boat on its

feet. Wow, things can go wrong quickly. After that I have spent three days

staring at the sky. In the rescue boat in the ambulance and in the hospital

being completely stabilised. Enough time to think about life and what can

happen. After all I am very relieved that I have only seriously damaged my

muscles and that I can think about the future. Now that we have done all the



MRI scans and we can see that things will cure the pain is much easier to

bare."



See a picture sequence of the accident at:

http://www.annemiekvankinderen.nl/rtx2002boothdercksen/



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I highly recommend you all check out the above picture sequence. Sail fast and have fun.



Alan Thompson

I20 - San Diego