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Yet another broken boat in the VOR...

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Topic: Yet another broken boat in the VOR...

Posted By: Mister Nick
Subject: Yet another broken boat in the VOR...
Date Posted: 21 Nov 11 at 8:53pm

http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=160497 - http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=160497

Puma's 'Mar Mostro' have suffered a broken rig 2150 nautical miles from Cape Town.

The third boat to be knocked out of action, and they haven't even got to the toughest part of the race yet. Are any of them going to make it round without something catastrophic happening?

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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 22 Nov 11 at 8:39am

Doesn't look that way, does it? Looks like tolerences have been shaved too fine in the search for speed.

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Posted By: Steve411
Date Posted: 22 Nov 11 at 9:50am

At least the keels are staying on this time.

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Posted By: rb_stretch
Date Posted: 22 Nov 11 at 8:20pm

Originally posted by Steve411

At least the keels are staying on this time.

And maybe that is why rigs are failing....

ie. strengthening one area just moves the weak spot somewhere else

Posted By: Mister Nick
Date Posted: 22 Nov 11 at 8:31pm

Originally posted by Rupert

Doesn't look that way, does it? Looks like tolerences have been shaved too fine in the search for speed.

I'd be very worried if I was doing the race - If rigs are coming down in 23 knots of breeze, what the hell is going to happen when they hit really bad weather?

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Posted By: laser193713
Date Posted: 22 Nov 11 at 10:00pm

I think that sort of 20-28 knot region is the most dangerous for boat breakages. Anymore, say 40knots and they are in survival mode really, so quite often the rig is actually safer than when they are really hammering the boat at 100% go!

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Posted By: Andymac
Date Posted: 23 Nov 11 at 2:58pm

Originally posted by Steve411

At least the keels are staying on this time.

....so far