... National Yacht Club had a Hunter drop during lift out a few years back. The
bow was wounded badly.
The year after, a mast dropped with people and boats around. I was in the dry
sail area watching the process with wide eyes. I did the stop and warning from
a distance ... scary.
Don
PS I sailed at NYC in the old two story wood clubhouse that backed on the Ball
Stadium. There is picture of the old clubhouse in one of the meeting rooms.
There were no docks in the basin, only moorings. I dry sailed Lightnings out
through the moorings and the gaps ... most boats andsailers lived to see
another day ...LOL
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From: Michael Brown <m...@tkg.ca>
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 7:11:40 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Whisker pole - 32
Usually the spinnaker launch goes well double handed.
Takedown is more challenging, gybes are real interesting.
NFS - Non Flying Sail - Whitesail
FS - Flying Sail - Spinnaker
I always cringe when I hear stories about problems taking down
or putting masts in. Too easy for injuries to occur. If some time
has gone by since the incident you might ask again. NYC has a
"pole cat"now - utility truck with a nicely articulated crane. There
are trained volunteers that operate the pole cat and you have
to book a time.
Mike
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 16:00:10 -0400
>From: Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com>
>To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
>Subject: Re: Stus-List Whisker pole - 32
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>That's really generous of you Mike, thanks for the offer. It's just me and
>my girlfriend so I don't think we're ready to launch a spinnaker yet, and
>no topping lift etc. What is NFS/FS? Any racing I do this year will be
>white sail.
>
>Someone from our club went and bungled taking their mast down using your
>crane... bungled it right overboard for chrissakes. We got a polite (and
>completely understandable not to mention reasonable) letter from your
>commodore telling us we're not welcome to use your crane anymore. Now I
>don't have anywhere to go to get my stick up! Our mast crane is too puny
>for my 'huge' boat and a few of the others at the club. NYC has been very
>generous letting us use their crane over the years. I'll probably have to
>motor over to a marina and have them step my mast for me. If you happened
>to have been around during that debacle I want you to know that I had no
>part in it!!! We quietly got ours down days prior during work hours when no
>one was around.
>
>Steve
>Suhana, C&C 32
>Toronto
>
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