Vendée Globe - SailNet Community Pip Hare dismasted in Vendée Globe: "I am so devastated" - Yachting World British skipper Pip Hare has dismasted on Medallia while racing solo in the South Indian Ocean in the Vendée Globe Pip is unhurt and has built a jury rig
Class 40 cut in half by cargo ship - SailNet Community The Class 40 Cabinet Z was sunk by a cargo ship, racing in the Normandy Channel Race the morning of 28MAY25 She had seen on AIS that their paths were crossing a half hour before CPA and tried three times before being able to contact them on the radio The two vessels agreed that the racer would
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Mast types. . . ? Through deck on deck. . . ? | SailNet Community I was once dismasted in a small boat with a deck stepped mast and I can tell you that it ripped a very large hole in the deck when it went One last thought While it may seem over kill to some, my boats never leave the dock with out cable cutters and or bolt cutters and hacksaw on board in case of such an emergency
Masts - deck or keel stepped? | SailNet Community If you are considering going offshore you might contemplate how you would jury rig your boat in the case you were dismasted A good number of years back I think there were five boats dismasted in the TransPac Race Two had deck stepped masts and three had keel stepped masts The keel stepped masts broke leaving a "stump" sticking out of the deck
Deck vs. Keel Stepped Masts | SailNet Community our cheoy lee 44 - perry has a deck stepped mast with a compression colum passing the load to the keel I believe that if we were to be dismasted the sucker would do less damage outside the boat than it would inside the boat And of course carry something to cut away the shrouds - quickly
Mackinac race tragedy. | Page 5 | SailNet Community Having experienced a couple of big thunder storms on the Great Lakes (dismasted in one in 2008) there are a few things I have learned The severe bursts of wind and or micro bursts bounce around
Dismasted! | Page 2 | SailNet Community Just so there's full disclosure - we now have a "Guilty Party" poll and "Dismasted" thread over at SA too Dismasted! - Sailing Anarchy Forums Interesting read These "Court of Public Opinion" threads across multiple fora seem a little strange to me Just sayin'