Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.18/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA109413941; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 13:19:01 -0700 Return-Path: <luigi@nsun10.lbl.gov-DeleteThis> Received: from nsun10.lbl.gov by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA122883941; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 13:19:01 -0700 Received: from nsun10.lbl.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nsun10.lbl.gov (8.7.3/8.7.3/NERSC-Feb96) with SMTP id NAA29392 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 13:09:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199706102009.NAA29392@nsun10.lbl.gov-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: losing the board (was: got rescued on Saturday) In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 10 Jun 1997 12:50:40 PDT." <339DAE04@MSM1.WellsFargo.COM-DeleteThis> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 13:09:05 -0700 From: Luigi Semenzato <luigi@Nersc.GOV-DeleteThis>
My board and rig separated once when I was sailing between the
Emeryville Marina and the Bay Bridge. It was stupid: the mast base
wasn't screwed on tightly enough on the mast track, and it simply came
off during a jibe. I let the rig go, counting on some buoyancy, and
swam for the board but even at full speed I was quite a bit slower.
So I waved to Klaus. He sailed to the board and stopped it for me.
Even without Klaus, this wasn't a life-threatening situation, only
equipment-threatening. I could have easily swam to shore and there is
no current in the area. Conceivable I could have even tried to swim
my rig in, and to look for the board later (it was headed for the
rip-rap by the freeway, ouch).
My rule now is that I tighten the mast base until my fingers hurt.
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