There was a guy in Erie who years ago cracked the hull of a Cal 40 using too much backstay. He added aluminum ribs to the boat and kept cranking it up.
From: Joel Delamirande via CnC-List <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2022 10:18 AM To: Stus-List <[email protected]> Cc: Joel Delamirande <[email protected]> Subject: Stus-List Re: hydraulic ram backstay There a sailor that split his C&C 40 in half with hydraulic backstay On Sun, Jul 3, 2022 at 10:14 AM Matthew via CnC-List <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
