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Yeah the two block effect- therefore I was thinking that the mast or boom connection must have failed. God, the thought of that thing drooping from the gooseneck swinging around like a psychotic windshield wiper..... I don't have any idea if that actually happened but it's a scary thought.

The loads on those connections must be high- the weight of the sail plus boom, loading eccentrically and cyclically. I wonder what specifically failed and what could be done to have a safety back up OR engineering so it wouldn't ever fail. A redundant topping lift but who would want that...