Re[2]: towing -- self rescue ideas

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Date: Tue Aug 22 1995 - 14:45:51 PDT

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Date: Tue, 22 Aug 95 13:45:51 PST
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Subject: Re[2]: towing -- self rescue ideas

     Rigs only float when they are attached to boards.

     Many of us have been surprised with the speed at which a sail can
     sink. I lost one a long time ago at Flying Tigers and I found it 5
     days later during a really low tide (talk about MUD MAN).

     Here is what I do on these mast-breaking lucky days:

     - Detach the boom first and put it on the top of the board (with the
       rest of the rig still passed through the middle of the boom )
     - If the mast is broken then remove the top section by pulling it out
       of the sleeve. Put it on the board and boom. Tie it to the boom
     - Detach the downhaul and try to use the line to secure the mast base
       to the mast (it's not easy)
     - Proceed to the tip of your sail.
     - Pull out the sail one bit at a time and roll it as you pull it. Make
       sure not to let the board go away.
     - Bring back the sail at put it on the top of the boom.
     - Grab the bottom section of the mast.Leave the mast base in place.
     - Complete tying the boom, sail, mast pieces together to the mast
       base.


     For what it's worth...
     Stephane

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Subject: Re: towing -- self rescue ideas
Author: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis at Internet
Date: 8/22/95 1:22 PM

The fellow that had the accident (name not disclosed) dropped his
sail in the water and it sunk. Another time, he tried derigging in the
water and dropped his mast foot (which was particularly frustrating b/c
the wind came back up and he could have sailed to shore).

Does anybody have any suggestions for the best way to self-rescue:
1. swimming stance to swim in with board rigged
-- I usually do backstroke with board held between my legs.

2. derigging at sea
-- does it work?
-- best ways to do it?

Justin



> Sailing at Sterling yesterday I came across a sailor paddling his
> board in. We tried the towing suggestion posted here sometime back.
> Mucho thanks to the contributor - it worked great.
>
> As suggested, we used a 25 ft length of parachute cord that I stow in
> a fanny pack. We tied one end to his mast base and the other to my
> spreader bar. The stretchiness of the cord is important since we hit
> chop at different times. I was on an 8'4" but I was able to hook in
> and sail fairly comfortably. We built up enough speed that he had to
> close his eyes against the spray coming off the nose of his board.
>
> - Matt
>
> BTW, he'd blown two panels out of his sail in a fall. He had tried to
> sail it in but the monofilm was just too shredded.
>
>

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