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"The yacht was equipped with a deep and efficient rudder for optimal control at high speed. "
In Response To: Another boat abandoned after rudder failure! ()
- from the builders description. The operative word here being "was". Maybe they saved a little too much weight in that part. Regardless, it does seem like a pretty impatient crew. Given the recent history of the ARC, maybe they need to adopt the regulation used in the Pacific Cup: you must carry on board an emergency rudder, and demonstrate to the Tech Inspector that you can actually steer the boat with it.
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- 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
