Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA12958; Fri, 20 Oct 1995 15:35:59 -0700 Return-Path: <pauld@delzio.corp.sgi.com-DeleteThis> Received: from sgigate.sgi.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP ($Revision: 1.36.108.11 $/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA299108557; Fri, 20 Oct 1995 15:35:57 -0700 Received: from palladium.corp.sgi.com by sgigate.sgi.com via ESMTP (950511.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH526/940406.SGI) for <@sgigate.sgi.com:wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> id PAA14232; Fri, 20 Oct 1995 15:32:02 -0700 Received: from delzio.corp.sgi.com by palladium.corp.sgi.com via ESMTP (950511.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH526/911001.SGI) for <@palladium.corp.sgi.com:wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> id PAA20282; Fri, 20 Oct 1995 15:32:01 -0700 Received: by delzio.corp.sgi.com (940816.SGI.8.6.9/940406.SGI.AUTO) for wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis id PAA17314; Fri, 20 Oct 1995 15:31:49 -0700 From: "Paul Delzio" <pauld@delzio.corp.sgi.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9510201531.ZM17312@delzio.corp.sgi.com-DeleteThis> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 15:31:43 -0700 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.1 6apr95 MediaMail) To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: (Fwd) Re: equal time for Fiberspar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> We MUST be bored: I thought we put this discussion to rest several months
ago:
>"Fiberspar = FiberSNAP"
> Not to be a complete jerk..I went thru 3 Chinook booms this summer..oh well.
> Sailing update: Crissy was blowing 5.0 - 5.5 (6.0 for Justin, 4.8 for
Michael) on Thursday from >3:00 - 6:30pm...and the conditions look good for
this weekend :)
>Paul
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From: James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis (Jim Paugh)
To: Multiple recipients of list <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>
Subject: Re: equal time for Fiberspar
> From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>
> Nevin's response to my report:
>
> I think your report is reasonable. I should point out that it is
> true that the boom front end failures are most accute in San
> Francisco Bay area. This is a combination of improper front ends
> arriving to SF, the particular chop, and big sails in big winds.
> The warranty rate is no where near 10%-20%, even in SF bay.
> Unfortunately a broken front end is way more dramatic, un-fun, and
> noticeable than all the Fiberspar booms intact that are pleasantly
> sailing around, so it may seem that the problem is bigger than it
> is.
So, basically, Nevin is admitting that Fiberspar's cannot handle bay
area conditions. But then again, the three Fiberspar masts and two
booms that I broke happened in the light winds of So. California. So
much for the "particular chop" theory. The "big sails in big winds"
line is total Bullsh#&! Fiberspar is very active in World Cup racing,
and World Cup racers use very powerful, very big sails in a lot of wind!
Buyer beware!
~Jim
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