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Dismasting of the Galapagos
A friend of mine is stuck in the Galapagos waiting for a part and he sent this link in his blog. Brand new rigging and some heroic efforts. The sailors are OK and heading back east. I good read and with appropriate lessons.
http://escapevelocity.mobi/2014/05/04/disaster-2/
Mike Meier
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- Dismasting of the Galapagos
- A harrowing story, and a good advertisement for free standing rigs...
- Checking out their blog, it's not the first time they had a rigging issue
- That was a good find. It's about
- I don't drop the mast anymore. Pain in the ass and often damaged something in the process.
- I always figured it was kind of
- different school of thought
- Piece of cake, here. It's all what you're used to.
- Yup, stepping and unstepping are simple and stress free..
- I left a couple of things out
- You guys have to have fairly simple
- I will stop complaining
- I find stepping/unstepping to be tedious and costly, not stressful..
- OK, Now we're talking apples and apples.
- When you do it every year you get it down to a simple process...
- Not quite as easy on a larger, more complex boat...
- Well, part of the difference jumps out
- Every ten years whether it needs it or not...
- Not quite as easy on a larger, more complex boat...
- OK, Now we're talking apples and apples.
- Simple, as in stock yawl rig, I guess.
- You guys have to have fairly simple
- I left a couple of things out
- Yup, stepping and unstepping are simple and stress free..
- Piece of cake, here. It's all what you're used to.
- different school of thought
- I always figured it was kind of
- I don't drop the mast anymore. Pain in the ass and often damaged something in the process.
- And sometimes it's just plain luck. Here's Tehani's broken mast head
- That was a good find. It's about
- A harrowing story, and a good advertisement for free standing rigs...
