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    Posted: 04 Nov 11 at 10:13pm
Open 60s (and some other single/short handers?) have the raft mounted in (not on) the stern, next to an escape hatch. The companion way hatches seal tight. They've designed all this around the possibility of having the keel come off in the mid Southern Ocean when on your own- but surely this should be standard for all modern "proper" ocean racers? The VO70s have a hatch, and the raft postioned such that it can probably be easily deployed by leaning out that hatch.
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Blimey! What an eye opener. Really scary stuff.
 
I'll be ensuring to do my lifejacket up properly next time I'm out and maybe not so keen to sling it off as soon as I'm below!
 
Good points about where to place the rafts. Thinking about all of the yachts I've raced, they never seem to be in a great place if you were to turtle
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http://ptsail.org/2011/08/16/surviving-to-tell-the-story-of-rambler-100/
 
 
Interesting article with a first hand report from the crew. Thought it would be worth sharing.
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Looks sexy to me. The yellow looks better on it than on a Pico.....I guess beauty lies in the eye of the beholder!
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yes. ugly in the same way a Stealth bomber is ugly, ugly purposeful. Except with out the stealth bit. :)
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Is that ugly yellow thing really a cherub?
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Originally posted by I luv Wight

A very Cherub-style snout on Rambler ( except of course the snout itself is longer than a whole Cherub )
 
I quite agree! BTW Rambler is now ashore at Endeavour Quays Gosport.
 
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A very Cherub-style snout on Rambler ( except of course the snout itself is longer than a whole Cherub )

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I read somewhere the other day that the rig was still attached so they had planned to separate it and recover it at the same time as the hull.
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Lets hope the mast is lying horizontally on the bottom and not stuck in the mud standing up.
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