I agree with Doug, the boat itself is quite repairable, an advantage of the
older boats. I would have a very good look at the other side as well.
There's a lot you could do, - fairly simply - to improve the strength in this
area.
Where was the Redwing made? Reminds me of a Corvette I looked at.
Good luck with the insurance company.
Key will -I think - be finding a spar for a reasonable price.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Doug Allardyce <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc:
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Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:29:58 -0400
Subject: Re: Stus-List Broke my boat
Neil, Sorry to hear about your disaster. Clearly one of every sailors worst
nightmares. I can only imagine what you and your crew went through. On the
bright side, no one was injured.
After looking at your pictures I was surprised that the damage to the boat
wasn't more extensive. The shroud came out fairly clean so the damage to the
deck wall ugly is very repairable. The bulkhead will take a little more work,
but also very repairable. I would replace about 18" of the bulkhead from
outboard or until you get into good wood. Glass it in and add a large aluminum
plate on the back side, and it will be stronger than new. It may not look like
a new boat on the inside, but it will be stronger. If the insurance will cover
the majority of the cost, its always nice to have a bran new Offshore rig with
new shrouds you can trust.
Good luck my friend. The Redwing 35 is a classic. We still have many active
35's in the Detroit racing circuit.
Doug Allardyce
C&C 35 III
BULLET
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-----Original Message-----
From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of schiller via
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Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2017 7:33 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: schiller
Subject: Stus-List Broke my boat
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)
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