bang!

[Great Red Shark]

Down goes Frasier!

 

[Snaggletooth]

Whearre didde that come frome?

 

[Great Red Shark]

Last Friday, the Ala Wai's FNR. A J/111 - has a 2-piece mast now. You can see the concrete piling rebounding after the report.

 

[Bump-n-Grind]

that'll buff right out

 

[Howard Juno]

Boomerang?


John will not be happy.......

 

[Laurent]

Absolutely gorgeous sailing until 4:40; then I cringed...
I have never seen this kind of "ol' school" sailing in the flesh, I was impressed by the boat speed. They are cooking!!!

 

[Rum Runner]

Just a little duct tape will make it better.

 

[Hawaiidart]

It's amazing how that large concrete structure that's been planted there for decades jumped out and hit them! (Just like the submerged rock marked by that structure jumped out and hit me.)

 

[Bump-n-Grind]

sure gave the folks on shore a show!

 

[floater]

kind of sick though. the sound of a shroud popping. not a good one.

 

[Marcjsmith]

kind of sick though. the sound of a shroud popping. not a good one.

yeah its gut wrenching,

 

[MauiPunter]

Wow. The rig survived.

 

[Great Red Shark]

The rig did not. That sharp crack heard was the mast tube failing. Shrouds held - remember, Carbon is stiff - and stiff means brittle.

Hawaiifins - I don't recall grounding you in the channel - did you go sailing without me? (miss ya, both)

 

[MauiPunter]

How was that rig still standing? I was expecting a fold-over. I had suspected the spreaders failed when I saw the rig still up, and not the mast.

 

[floater]

actually seems like good news. just buy a new one and pop it in?

catastrophic damage to a chain plate might be an entirely different kettle of fish.

 

[Great Red Shark]

I saw a pic - the tube got it.

"just buy a new one and pop it in" - Tell me you never bought a mast without telling me you never bought a mast...

 

[floater]

well. I've bought a few..

 

[Great Red Shark]

Well then you ought to know better! How long do you think he's gonna wait for a new spar to be shipped to HNL?

 

[MauiPunter]

Well then you ought to know better! How long do you think he's gonna wait for a new spar to be shipped to HNL?

Shootz. I didnt even realize that was Honolulu. I should have noticed. lol. Poor buggah.

 

[Hawaiidart]

The rig did not. That sharp crack heard was the mast tube failing. Shrouds held - remember, Carbon is stiff - and stiff means brittle.

Hawaiifins - I don't recall grounding you in the channel - did you go sailing without me? (miss ya, both)

I don't remember which boat or who was onboard, and it was more of a graze than a direct hit. The next day, I do remember climbing down the bank at Magic Island and wading out to that rock. I was standing inside the channel with that marker behind me closer to the land. Rocks on an island made from millions of years of volcanic eruptions: who knew they'd be five entire feet from shore?