I found the report on the boom preventer accident. Regardless of how related it is to today's discussion; it is an interesting read. It also touches on some other maintenance issues (autopilot), which were as (if not more) important.
An abridged version with commentary is here (Sail World): https://www.sail-world.com/news/208083/Report-findings-on-Platino-double-death. Here is a link to the full report: https://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/commercial/safety/accidents-reporting/accident-reports/documents/Platino-mnz-accident-report-2016.pdf. It is a large (61-page) document. I don't think many of us will be sailing in such circumstances, but the read is interesting regardless. Marek Ottawa, ON From: David Risch Sent: 31 October, 2020 16:22 To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: Preventer boom placement The real risk to breaking the boom mid mount are uncontrolled jibes and and/or planting the boom in the water whilst doing same. The former can happen anytime..the later usually offshore. Plan accordingly. Sent from my Android. Please forgive typos. Thank you.
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