Shark attacks Lark
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Topic: Shark attacks Lark
Posted By: Norbert
Subject: Shark attacks Lark
Date Posted: 17 Aug 06 at 5:00pm
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Does Kate Humble know about this.... // well maybe she did, didn't realise been covered before, page 337 of another thread, duh, how did i miss that!!! //
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Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 17 Aug 06 at 5:09pm
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http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=382&PN=1&TPN=337 - Hmm, looks familiar. ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 17 Aug 06 at 5:29pm
Yes - discussed before but not with any satisfactory outcome ... what is going on in this pic? ------------- |
Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 17 Aug 06 at 5:44pm
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Well, it's penzance so it's possible it's a shark and hitting a basking shark at speed could cause the boat to respond in that way but I don't think they feed when it's rough. What do you thinks going on? I reckon it's a slim chance that it's a shark much more likely it's the rudder, but I can't remember what shape a Lark rudder blade is. Leave the picture up - I'm with Rick on getting to the bottom of it. ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |
Posted By: Prince Buster
Date Posted: 17 Aug 06 at 8:40pm
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right where are these guys? they were the ones there! we need to ask them!  ------------- international moth - "what what?" |
Posted By: Mark Jardine
Date Posted: 18 Aug 06 at 8:33am
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The team in question are still racing in Largs. We need the photographer (Lee Whitehead) to give us more information on the circumstances around this. It has left me a little confused - that's why I put it up as a front page picture! |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 18 Aug 06 at 9:25am
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I think they were hacking down the run/reach and the rudder pintels failed causing the boat to screw up into the breeze and the rudder fall off. The photographer was in the perfect place ... ------------- |
Posted By: boatshed
Date Posted: 18 Aug 06 at 9:29am
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Its a probably a broken transom pintle on the first day of the Lark champs at Penzance. Pretty fresh conditions with the club recording 40 knot gusts. Its probably a carbon fixed blade rudder that has upended. Larks tend to use ( any shape or style) very large rudders to help dig them out of trouble - they dutch roll very well. Of course, that also puts big loads on the "close togther" transom fittings. ------------- Steve |
Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 18 Aug 06 at 9:47am
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I paticularly like the way their both hanging on for grim death whilst trying to 'spot the landing' ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |
Posted By: photolounge
Date Posted: 18 Aug 06 at 10:12am
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Hi Everyone, this is lee from photolounge, i took the photo. glad you liked the photo, unfortunately the helm is recovering in hospital from bite marks as we speak, luckily they aren't life threatening but serious enough, who thought basking sharks would react like that to being run over. Seriosly though, Unfortunately (for me) it isn't a shark, think it might have got national press if it was. As boatshed said it was the pintle snapping as they planed down a wave. below is the sequence. Glad it entertained you all.
------------- Lee Whitehead, Photographer. www.photolounge.co.uk |
Posted By: photolounge
Date Posted: 18 Aug 06 at 10:31am
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glad you all enjoyed ------------- Lee Whitehead, Photographer. www.photolounge.co.uk |
Posted By: Prince Buster
Date Posted: 18 Aug 06 at 1:02pm
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Awesome!!! nice one ------------- international moth - "what what?" |
Posted By: Contender 541
Date Posted: 18 Aug 06 at 1:09pm
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Right place and all that.
Fantastic photo's, certainly gone down in Y&Y forum foke lore history. Thanks for teling us all what happened ------------- When you find a big kettle of crazy it's probably best not to stir it - Pointy Haired Boss Crew on 505 8780 |