The Real D-One Thread

Originally posted by The Moo Originally posted by Peaky My wife took out a student loan to put towards our first boat.  12 years later she hasn't payed a penny back... So the taxpayer (including me) has effectively serviced that debt...Nice Really think D1 thread is getting hijacked and this should be a topic in its own right.

yeh - stop wasting my taxes - bloody students!

That sounds right, James.

Anyhow, how are the masts holding up on the D-One?  Has Andy Rice's mast failure been confirmed as a one off manufacturing problem, or have others had problems?

....case in point....nice picture but mainsheet not in far enough to get good speed, and for sure if you took the picture from another angle you would see the mast bending.

Rodney reported – Jan 10

On the third downwind leg Andy’s mast failed having broken at the join between the top and bottom section (on inspection we found that the laminates were faulty so this mast will be back to the manufacturer next week).

 

Luca reported- Jan 10

a look at the first broken mast in the d one short history and thought
that while inserting the stainless steel locating pin on the mast joint laminate
got damaged and that led to the breakage.....peter took pics and they are
already in hand of southern spars to make sure we do have that problem
any more....

 

Update today

The mast was indeed returned to the manufacturer for closer inspection and Luca’s diagnosis was spot on.  This mast was from a small batch and Devoti were able to replace all masts from this batch within a matter of days including some in the USA.  Problem solved and no more breakages  thanks to excellent support from the mast manufacturers.

 

The first of our new demo boats arrives soon - new deck, white with carbon insets

 

Maybe it's because 'I is better than you!!'

Truthfully: The only secret that there was on that day, was
the 20+ knts of breeze and so it had no other choice other
that to fill as i was heading dead down wind.... lol