Apparently, even Sir Richard Branson is no match for the mighty Triangle.

The billionaire called off his attempt at setting a new trans-Atlantic sailing record on Friday, after being met with nasty weather and 40-foot waves off Bermuda.

From the Globe and Mail story:

In a live interview with CNN, Mr. Branson said the waves “hit us from behind and took one of our life rafts.”

“Fortunately, everyone was harnessed in and nobody went with it,” he added.

He told the network he called off the effort after his boat’s main sail was ripped.

“So, we decided to abandon it on this occasion and fight another day.”

Branson had recently taken several years off from record-chasing (you know, to focus on space travel and general world domination) and the trans-Atlantic crossing was his first dip back in to the wealthy-adrenaline-junkie pool.

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