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    Posted: 11 Jul 06 at 1:08am
Another few words of warning - your mast can get severely damaged if you have a lot of bouyancy at the masthead and you suffer a high impact capsize  
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Very comforting words there Jim.
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The big warning with masthead buoyancy is if you sail
on the sea. A boat with masthead buoyancy capsized
drifts downwind faster than a sailor can swim. So if
you lose contact with the boat and there's no safety
boat you're probably going to drown.
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Thanks all, many wise words
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You tie them to the main halyard. Bouyancy works really well and makes training much easier. Its not only the weight of the mast but also the windage from the hull - plus with beginners their weight hanging off the rigging or high toestrap inside the boat.

Releasing the kicker etc from an inverted contender is possibler because its a trapeze SH but it would be much more difficult on Lark, Stratos, Feva, Topaz or Laser and I expect also on many other classes.
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umm actually luke ive been leaning over the gunnal into the boat trying to let off the kicker and pull the kite down and it still hasnt turtled! So answer is bugger all!
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Originally posted by BBSCFaithfull

Smod etc etc Oh no ive turned into a dev sailor hee hee

yer u sado!!  u just cant handle the speed of the 4k!  

how much bouancy do you think the inter 14mast would need???

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I think most people who use these actually connect them to the mast halyerd so when you puul the main up it doesn't tangle (theorectrically) I've never tried it so wuldn't like to say if this works.

BTW I'm glad you think the 4000 mast is the heaviest mast Luke (not the 5000? )
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There's no need to swim under the boat, even fully turtled. You just need to stretch out a bit and count 3 clicks: One - Outhaul, Two - Cunningham, Three - Kicker, uncleat everything. Trust my recent but repeated experience, it works!

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Advice on kicking strap is good for all classes, not just contender - makes the boat easier to right from inverted plus rig depowered when it comes up. however, I wouldn't swim under the boat to release it

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