[Public-list] Bronze turnbuckles - Inspection

[Willard Blevins Jr]

Matchmaker (not a member so I don't know the hull number) lost her rig due to problems she had during a strong storm in the Bay near the Rappahannock River last November 2003.

http://mysailingphotos.com/Members/Sabrina/images/matchmaker/view

Bill Blevins
Sabrina #158

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On Tuesday, October 19, 2004, at 09:53PM, Kristofer Coward <kris at melon.org> wrote:

>On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 09:38:47PM -0400, Mike Lehman wrote:
>> I have to comment on this. I have never know of an Alberg that has lost the 
>> rig due to a rigging failure. The failures that I know about are:
>> 
>> 527 - failed spreader
>> 411 - collision [with another boat]
>> 135 - Bridge collision [Chesapeake Bay Bridge]
>>  35 - Bridge collision (Intracoastal Waterway]
>> 399 - forward lower knee failure [60 knot winds and a pitch pole]
>> 464 - collision [with another A30]
>> 
>> How many more are there? What were the causes? The boats are getting older 
>
>583 - collision [with another boat] (or so I've been told -- you hear
>all sorts of interesting things when you buy a boat that's been in your
>club longer than you've been alive, or in your class association since
>before you started puberty).
>
>Kris Coward
>#583 Candy Cane
>
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