It has been deemed necessary for the team to order a new mast from Southern Spars, which they hope to have stepped by the Qingdao in-port race on February 7.
"It has been weakened in that area where they had the problem and we subsequently had the problem in the same area as well, at the jumper struts at the top of the rig," Condell said.
"We could have had it sooner but the cost of transporting it would have been a lot more."
He added: "It's an opportune time to do something about it so that we have a rig with good integrity for the rest of the race. We hope it will improve our performance, but you never really know until it's racing."
The team, which finished seventh in the opening leg of the race and sixth in leg two, also received a new A6 sail on Thursday.
It replaces one of two old sails they had coming into the race.
Elsewhere, Ireland's other entry Green Dragon is now off its cradle and back in the water, while Delta Lloyd are planning to join them later this afternoon, one day ahead of schedule
