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It does boggle the mind that these things break in benign conditions.
In Response To: Yeah, good one. Not a J Boat at all, but sure is a performance boat too. ()
Even with a large crew, I can see that this would be really hard to head back up wind. If they were a day or two out at the other end of this trip, they probably could have limped in going downwind. Hopefully they will recover the boat and be able to do some forensics on it and determine exactly why they lost the rudder.
Paul L
Messages In This Thread
- Another boat abandoned after rudder failure!
- Oh, yeah, it took them only two hours to decide to call for a tow
- Here she is (pic)
- Another one of those J boats going down.
- Yeah, good one. Not a J Boat at all, but sure is a performance boat too.
- It does boggle the mind that these things break in benign conditions.
- Yes, sure would be good to read an after the fact report in a lot of these cases
- The Brits do it right when investigating yacht disasters (link)
- The German authorities will investigate this thoroughly as well (link)
- You know, funny you mention "Ouzo" --I remember that very sad accident from a few years ago
- People with photochromic glasses should read that report (link)
- Wow, I just realized the radar reflector has been set wrong...
- The Brits do it right when investigating yacht disasters (link)
- Re: It does boggle the mind that these things break in benign conditio
- Yes, sure would be good to read an after the fact report in a lot of these cases
- It does boggle the mind that these things break in benign conditions.
- Yeah, good one. Not a J Boat at all, but sure is a performance boat too.
- Another one of those J boats going down.
- I remember a story of some Aussies last year...
- A far cry from several stories one reads of
- Here she is (pic)
- "The yacht was equipped with a deep and efficient rudder for optimal control at high speed. "
- It's surprising the number of folks who think the emergency tiller is an amergency rudder. (nm) (link) (pic)
- Deck cleats being pulled off.
- No mention of the sea state, etc. ....
- That part has me wondering also
- lack of imagination on your part
- Race boat need to have strong cleats
- Many ULDB racing boats have no cleats at all...
- Look at the link in Mike's post
- Look at image #8 in 15. That shows the underside of the hull-deck joint
- Doesn't surprise me in the least the cleats tore out, I suspect most of us would suffer a similar failure...
- Oh, yeah, it took them only two hours to decide to call for a tow
