Neil, Very sorry to hear. Hope the inspection goes better than expected.
Wish I had parts to help you. Will you have pictures available later? Dennis C. On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 6:33 AM, schiller via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > We were dis masted yesterday just off shore from Muskegon, Michigan > yesterday. The starboard chain plate bulkhead failed and the chain plate > pulled out through the deck. The mast snapped at the spreaders and fell > off to the leeward side. > > We were in the starting stages of the Jolly Roger Shoreline race. The > conditions changed from about 11-12 kts (true) to 14-15 kts when the chain > plate failed. Waves were about 3 feet. We had been on a beam reach doing > 7.0-7.2 kts and hardened up to closehauled to see if we were going to be > able to point to the turning mark when it failed. We had about twenty > seconds between hearing the pop and having the chain plate fly out of the > deck with the mast failed. Luckily, all were in the cockpit at failure. I > was just starting out to crash drop sails from the first pop and seeing the > slack leeward shroud. The helmsman had just started turning into the wind. > > After about an hour, we were able to get the main off and stowed and get > the jib on deck with the mast lashed to the bow pulpit. Took the boat back > in to Muskegon to Torresen Marine and left it in their haulout well until > Monday when they can start assessing it. > > It will come down to economics to see if the hull value will support a new > mast and structural repairs necessary. > > The starboard chain plate had leaked in the past and I had glassed in the > bulkhead and added a backing plate when I bought her (22 years ago) but the > wood in the area does not look good. > > I will keep the list updated with how things pan out. > > Neil Schiller > 1970 Redwing 35, Hull #7 > (C&C 35, Mark I) > "Corsair" > White Lake, Michigan > (Now residing in Muskegon for the time being) > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > >
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