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• Wow, Bernard Stamm & crew rescued on approach to the English Channel...
  • "The boat broke in two..." Yikes!
  • I guess like sking in deep powder when both of your skis break
  • "The front fell off?"
  • Perspective..
    • These high tech boats ar relatively fragile
  • We might all cut the vessel a little slack. ;^)))
    • Oh, while I'm at it, the French May get their share of jokes
    • I'm no fan of overbuilding, but a hull that breaks in half sounds underbuilt to me.
      • The only way you know if it is too heavy, is to build one that breaks in half
    • Yeah, I'm pretty impressed by the record of these Open 60s overall...
      • Maybe they are tough, but the one that broke in half wasn't.
        • Perspective in the picture is distorted?
          • I would think designing bigger ships to endure storms is much more daunting.
            • Sort of like space frams vs. simple spans
              • Seems a world of things should break before, "the hull broke into two pieces in the middle"
                • Yes, but I thought what they sails was the boat broke
                  • Sounded like a catastrophic hull fracture at the daggerboards. That's acceptable to me,
                    • Tom, I think if I read his report correctly, the boat didn't sink right away.
                      • I keep reading those 3 disturbing words in your links, "broke in two".
                      • I share those thoughts on those three little words...but...
                        • Fair enough. Whether you consider them under built or well built, they're fun to watch.
                    • Some other reports - The boat stayed on the surface for a while...It wasn't a one of those 'bottom drops out, boat sinks
        • Edmund Fitzgerald?
          • Broke in half on the surface, or filled through hatches, and broke up on the bottom?? Still un-answered.
  • Square Waves - Shiver me Timbers -