Guest Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 winter racing today, went through a gybe, genny filled but kept going. mast folded about half way between the deck and the lower spreader. f**king hairy. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 How the hell did that happen!!!!? Structural weakness? It wasn't that windy today was it? Link to post Share on other sites
w44vi 17 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Looks very calm in the pictures, how old is the rigging? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 compression failure. mast was about 20yrs old aswell. luckily no one was hurt. spreader gauged a chunk out of the hull and broke a stanchion. but we managed to salvage all the sails and halyards. only rip was along the luff tape of the gennaker. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 and it was only about 15-18kts tws Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Oh no. what a pain. Dang. Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Sorry to see that. But if there's any consolation B n G still won the winter series. Way to go! Link to post Share on other sites
The Bump 0 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Yep there it is!! To be honest no idea why it failed. The boat and rig have only been in the water and workn since 2008...but the mast sections are older than that! NO fault of the crew and the conditions seemed ok - 12-15 knots NW...not much vang on but seems to be a compression failure!! All the same - watch out for M2 - gotta be better than M1!!! Hey wont be the first or the last to see the iron hit the water!...Guessin JH will be lookn for a new job for a while:) Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 never nice when that happens - but could be a perfect opportunity to upgrade to a carbon stick... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 never nice when that happens - but could be a perfect opportunity to upgrade to a carbon stick... I'll second that. You've got a carbon prod, time to go all the way! Link to post Share on other sites
Gappy 9 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 sorry to hear about your mast there mr bump but would seriously look at a carbon stick you might be pleasantly supprised at how cheap you can do them. Cheers Gappy Link to post Share on other sites
wal 27 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 That was my first suggestion when I saw them coming in - if a little tongue in cheek it's still worth looking at fer sher ...and yes young J. I did reckernize ya - half a size bigger than when you sailed with me! A good day was had on the Meltdown Link to post Share on other sites
tuffyluffy 76 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Insured? Link to post Share on other sites
The Bump 0 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Yes..... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 a few more pics Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 I hope the insurance company speeds up a bit. I didn't send you this one Jordan, but on second thoughts it should go up there as the day wasn't a write off. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 somehow i think you are lying to me john. how could you possibly be having fun on a trike Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 I'll tell you how much fun we were having. When your mast went over we were so far ahead of you that you were a little white dot on the horizon. Now THAT'S fun! Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I'll tell you how much fun we were having. When your mast went over we were so far ahead of you that you were a little white dot on the horizon. Now THAT'S fun! So it's true AA. You have flipped over to the dark side... (That good huh?) Give up JH. You will never win that arguement, except when you come to pay Marina fees, or get hit by a 50kn squall...... Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I'll tell you how much fun we were having. When your mast went over we were so far ahead of you that you were a little white dot on the horizon. Now THAT'S fun! I'd just like to point out at this point in time we too had a healthy lead over the Bump, and where somewhat bemused when we couldn't work out where she had gone at the bottom of the reach (having been looking for an actual mast and all...) I was actually starting to consider the possibility of a win over the series leader, but not to be There is the possibility loosing the rig was a cuning ploy to avoid being beaten by us I figured we were having a good race as we were fairly close to Kant Know at the first top mark (fairly close being we could still see them). This resulted in a debate if they already lapped us. As it transpired they just had learners on board Link to post Share on other sites
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