Rob,
You should be very glad that you had the preventer on. I was at the C&C Owner's Regatta at NYC in 2001, on the Sunday a cold front went through with gusts to 50kts (this was the same front that capsized the trimaran during the Mac race). The winds had died down some by race time so we decided to go out. Another squall line went through the offshore course while we were racing and a C&C 35 Mk3 broached, the boom hit one of the crew on the head as it swung across, killing him. The boom flying across during a crash jybe can do a lot of damage to the crew or the boat. Rick Taillieu Nemesis '75 C&C 25 #371 Shearwater Yacht Club Halifax, NS. From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of robert via CnC-List Sent: April-12-16 17:40 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: robert Subject: Stus-List Preventer Joel: I am no expert on this but if your block on a genoa track can handle a tightly loaded jib sheet it should handle the load of the main sail from an accidental gybe......if the preventer is fastened without any slack, there should be no jolt in the preventer......just the pressure on it as the main is held in place and the boat lays on its side and hopefully runs up. Been there done that....Marblehead Race....C&C 33 MKII....spin run, following sea....preventer.....accidental gybe in a 5 ft. following sea.....really ugly but the boat, rigging, sails and crew all survived. Really wished that day we had not had a 'preventer'. Rob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - 84 Halifax, N.S. On 2016-04-12 3:35 PM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List wrote: The shock load from an accidental gybe? Joel On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 2:32 PM, robert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Bob said " I've used a block on the forward end of the genoa track but it seems like a lot of load for such a track." If you are connecting the boom to a block on the genoa track as a preventer, there shouldn't be much tension at all......what am I missing? Rob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - 84 Halifax, N.S. _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated! _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.6189 / Virus Database: 4545/12019 - Release Date: 04/12/16
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