X-OldHeader: From bbense@shred.stanford.edu-DeleteThis.com Wed Aug 15 17:05:40 2001 Return-Path: <bbense@shred.stanford.edu-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id RAA05319 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 17:05:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.58]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id RAA25374 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 17:05:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shred.stanford.edu (shred.Stanford.EDU [171.64.13.91]) by msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F073C50 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 18:05:38 -0600 (MDT) Received: from localhost (bbense@localhost) by shred.stanford.edu (8.11.2/8.10.0.PreAlpha1) with ESMTP id f7G05bh19497 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 17:05:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 17:05:37 -0700 (PDT) From: "Booker C. Bense" <bbense@networking.stanford.edu-DeleteThis.com> To: Multiple recipients of list WIND_TALK <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> Subject: Re: CG doesn't transport gear In-Reply-To: <20010815203920.53934.qmail@web10507.mail.yahoo.com-DeleteThis.com> Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0108151619190.18625-100000@shred.stanford.edu-DeleteThis.com>
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, s s wrote:
>
> > plan to replace masts/booms every three years
> > That could add up to a lot of money
>
> Consider it WS insurance. These proactive
> upgrades cost ~$300/yr for moderate abusers.
- You can get either a boom or a mast for $300, not both.
Maybe I'm just not hard core anymore, but I haven't
broken a mast since about 1991 or so. I broke quite
a few before that, but I haven't any problems once
good quality boom joints came out. I have 4 masts
and the newest of which is 3 years old, the oldest
is about 5 years old. I can't remember the last time
I saw a broken mast at a Bay sailing site. Wave sailing
is an entirely different story.
- Booms are another story as well, but since they only
break on one side, I sail them until they break.
> But if you break a single point failure component
> (mast, boom, base, board) out far and lose all your
> gear being rescued, then it cost $3000.
- Breaking any of these should not require a coast
guard rescue for the prepared and resourceful sailor.
There are ways to jury rig for all of these failures.
Doing them in 8ft swell and 25 knot wind isn't always
that easy. I always carry two spare lines, one to
lash with and the other to tie stuff onto so it
doesn't get lost. Staying calm and taking things
one step at a time helps as well.
>
> It would be interesting to analyze the 60 ft. baker
> rescues and document how they should have been
> prevented.
- Yes, it would be pretty interesting to know the
causes. I suspect a large majority are due to
the wind dying and stranding people far from shore.
Old gear or new you need to be prepared to swim
and be wearing enough rubber to survive the night.
It'd would also be very interesting to know which
launch has the most rescues.
- Booker C. Bense
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