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On 2008-11-09 15:10:11 -0500, "Roger Long" said:
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote It's very easy to figure out why it broke ten foot above deck. Wind the damned sail up and that's where the clue and sheets end up. Any rocking and rolling of the boat creates a stress point right there. Stainless steel work hardens and crystallizes when bent back and forth. This quite a plausible proposition on the face of it. I don't put much tension on my sheets when stowing and this is probably a good reason to continue that practice. I rely on either multiple rolls and/or a sail tie. I've never heard of a headstay failure at this point though. Has anyone else? How often is he going to furl the genny with tensioned sheets on a "race" around the world? Most likely, he's been using that sail a lot, hasn't furled it much. If he's furled it, he'll have been using the Yankee so not tensioned the Genny sheets. IF it's 10' up, I suspect there is/was a joint there. (or MFG defect) IF, as a magazine report says, it was at the chainplate, I suspect the cotter pin keeper first, a high-percentage cause of masts going down. -- Jere Lull Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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