A couple years ago, I was ask to repair a Catalina 30. Job scope revealed a main sheet winch (self tailing) ripped off the cabin top, a broken shackle holding the main sheet to the traveler car and a damaged gooseneck. Owner told me his crew had gotten a bit enthusiatic about hoisting the main with the winch.
Hmmmm...I wonder. They'd been out in some stiff winds on the weekend. I'm guessing they had the main sheet stopped with the winch rather than the rope clutch and took an accidental jibe. What do you think? :) Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 8:31 AM, robert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Rick: > > I understand what you are saying.....an accidental gybe can happen any > time and injure/kill someone as well as damage gear. > > Our experience was similar to what Martin DeYoung described. > > In our case, when it happened, I ended up on my stomach on the coach roof > holding on, in water up to my waist, the boat lying on its starboard side, > boom held off to port, cockpit filled with water and no one knew what to do > or for that matter, had any chance to do anything. I was able to slither > over just enough to reach the preventer on the boom and cut it. Somehow, > she righted herself. > > We had the preventer running from the boom to a block on the toerail, then > back to the cockpit, port side. However, when the gybe happened, the crew > got thrown to starboard and were floating in the cockpit not able to reach > the preventer to release it and/or the spin sheet as the chute went out the > 'backdoor'. > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - 84 > Halifax, N.S. > > >
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