Glad no-one was hurt.
Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE DeviceDoug Mountjoy POYC Pegasus Lf38
-------- Original message --------From: schiller via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: 7/9/17 04:33 (GMT-08:00) To:
cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: schiller <schil...@bloomingdalecom.net> Subject:
Stus-List Broke my boat
We were dis masted yesterday just off shore from
Muskegon, Michigan yesterday. The starboard chain plate bulkhead
failed and the chain plate pulled out through the deck. The mast
snapped at the spreaders and fell off to the leeward side.
We were in the starting stages of the Jolly Roger Shoreline race.
The conditions changed from about 11-12 kts (true) to 14-15 kts
when the chain plate failed. Waves were about 3 feet. We had
been on a beam reach doing 7.0-7.2 kts and hardened up to
closehauled to see if we were going to be able to point to the
turning mark when it failed. We had about twenty seconds between
hearing the pop and having the chain plate fly out of the deck
with the mast failed. Luckily, all were in the cockpit at
failure. I was just starting out to crash drop sails from the
first pop and seeing the slack leeward shroud. The helmsman had
just started turning into the wind.
After about an hour, we were able to get the main off and stowed
and get the jib on deck with the mast lashed to the bow pulpit.
Took the boat back in to Muskegon to Torresen Marine and left it
in their haulout well until Monday when they can start assessing
it.
It will come down to economics to see if the hull value will
support a new mast and structural repairs necessary.
The starboard chain plate had leaked in the past and I had glassed
in the bulkhead and added a backing plate when I bought her (22
years ago) but the wood in the area does not look good.
I will keep the list updated with how things pan out.
Neil Schiller
1970 Redwing 35, Hull #7
(C&C 35, Mark I)
"Corsair"
White Lake, Michigan
(Now residing in Muskegon for the time being)
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