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Wave sailing or b&J, the idea of trying my board to me sounds cumbersome
and dangerous. Like I need more equipment to get wrapped up in when I
crash! I guarantee a sailor would be getting constantly tangled in the
leash. A line to the nose of the board makes sense to me, but I would
not recommend people trying to strap themselves to their board. And
imagine catching that line on something while you were sailing along.
Getting your leash yanked at planning speeds could be quite painful.
tim
Lev Belov wrote:
> If someone knows e-mail addresses of board manufacturers, I think this
>
> entire thread should be forwarded to them. It's good for us to be
> thinking about these issues, but they should be doing so too.
>
> Anyone knows them?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg Harris [SMTP:greggh@Synopsys.COM-DeleteThis]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 1998 4:02 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: Re: A day in the life of a windsurfer - survival story
>
> >
> > So essentially what one needs is something that can easily rotate
> > around the
> > mastbase so it won't wrap around everything. The top part of the
> > mastbase
> > already twists, and if I remember correctly I think I've seen some
> > Windsurfing
> > Hawaii mastbases that had a little metal loop one could tie
> something
> > to
> > around there. I wonder if some sort of thing could be made like
> that
> > as part
> > of the bottom part of the mastbase - although could also twist
> around
> > - so if
> > your joint broke you could be safe also. Or one could put like an
> > extra
> > "safety pin" type device almost the same way you lock the level when
>
> > you're
> > extending your mastbase height - except your locking the mastbase
> > pieces
> > together after you've already used the normal pin.
> >
> > I don't think any of these ideas are probably much good for joe
> > windsurfer -
> > however, there is certainly a way to engineer some sort of safety
> > system with
> > the mastbase. I also think it'd be worth the manufacturers to
> pursue
> > - since
> > as Carlos' experience demonstrates: failure of the mastbase to hold
> > can lead
> > directly to dire circumstances.
> >
> > So is there anyone out there who can talk to the manufacturers about
> a
> > safety
> > system? I'd certainly be interested to hear what they say.
> >
> > ps - thanks for telling your story Carlos. It serves everyone to be
>
> > careful
> > out there.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > Bilbo Innovations, Inc. wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Nick Rayner wrote:
> > >
> > > > One good suggestion was just to make sure the sail was connected
>
> > by some
> > > > backup means to the board, not that I've done this yet but after
>
> > reading
> > > > Carlos's story I'll investigate. You could just put a second
> bolt
> > in the
> > > > mast track and attached a backup line from the sail to that
> > (although
> > > > you'd want it attached to the sail in a way that would stop it
> > getting
> > > > twisted).
> > > That's the problem! If you connect the line to the sail, it will
> > soon
> > > make many loops around the base, unless you make sure that the
> > number
> > > of your falls to the left exactly equals the number of falls to
> the
> > right.
> > > :-)
> > > (This is true for jibes, if you do not tack at all.)
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