My LaBrisa Dink.... perfect weekend warrior
That is a good looking Skiff Doug. Little far to drive and get for me.
I need something else, yester evening I fought all the way up wind on
the lake (est 25ktswind), started to turn downwind for a haul ass ride
home and did an gybe that was to much for the rudder on the labrisa.
The rudder snapped off, the aluminum casting that held the rudder split
in half with a loud boom and the rudder blade hit the deep six, did the
fastest spiral ever :0(
Luckly I had a paddle, took down the main and limped back to the
marina with a paddle for a rudder on just the jib. I still have the top
half of the tiller and hopefully the local metal shop can make me a new
rudder with the parts I have left. Good news is it happened on my last
sail of the weekend.
Joe
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