Doesn't look like they are going to sell hull# 2 on this boat! At least not without going back to the drawring board. Pretty much everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Shows again that rudders are the wrong place to try to save weight. Also, if you really think things are so bad you need to abandon. best to take the first offer! I'd rather end up in Israel than Davey Jones Locker.
Bill Coleman C&C 39 -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bill Bina Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 1:20 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Charlie Doane's Great Adventure Sounds as if an emergency rudder would have been useless in this particular case. The one of two rudders that was still intact, was bent, and permanently steering pretty hard in one direction only. Bill Bina On 1/17/2014 1:05 PM, Joel Aronson wrote: > I guess that's why you need an alternate means of steering in the > event of a rudder failure when doing an offshore race. My emergency > rudder is 90% done. Just waiting for some bolts. > > Joel > 35/3 > Annapolis _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
