No, just bad maintenance. I lost a rig once due to a starting line crunch.
We fixed it that afternoon and got sailing again the next day and got third
in the series.

DP
"Don Taylor" wrote in message
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Today I hoisted a foresail upside down. Sometime later a stay parted and
my
rig went over the side. Last time I did this (15 yrs ago) we had a
crewmember helicoptered off and got a rope round the prop. Is this an old
superstition, or ami starting a new one?