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In Response To: And a deck stepped mast can stand also, when the entire mast head breaks off 
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Dan, you were headed upwind when the backstay snapped. Do you think the outcome would have been the same if the forestay went?
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- Case closed on Cheeki Rafeeki. CG found the hull.
- HOLLY FLACKERS!!!!
- How did they spot that?
- And yet you willingly risk your life on an airliner?
- Yeah, 'cept forces are hugely greater in water even taking shorter lever arm into account..it seems to me.
- The forces are easily engineered for, and pretty well known...
- bolt failure
- I have seen...
- Me deck stepped mast once survived the loss of the back stay.
- Stepping the mast on the keel adds stiffness to
- The forces are easily engineered for, and pretty well known...
- Sure, but I know airplanes are terrible boats.
- Yeah, 'cept forces are hugely greater in water even taking shorter lever arm into account..it seems to me.
- Am I seeing things or does it look
- HOLLY FLACKERS!!!!
