X-OldHeader: From poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com Thu May 17 23:12:59 2001 Return-Path: <poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> Received: from pangalan.labs.agilent.com (root@pangalan.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.252.4]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id XAA20107 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Thu, 17 May 2001 23:12:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alexed.labs.agilent.com (alexed.labs.agilent.com [130.29.252.59]) by pangalan.labs.agilent.com (8.11.2/8.11.2/Agilent Labs Mail Hub v 01.01 2001/01/05) with SMTP id f4I5pPt02768 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Thu, 17 May 2001 22:51:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 130.29.252.5 by alexed.labs.agilent.com (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Thu, 17 May 2001 22:51:25 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Received: from zonker.labs.agilent.com (poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.184]) by unicorn.labs.agilent.com (8.11.2/8.11.2/Agilent Labs Mail Hub v 01.01 2001/01/05) with ESMTP id f4I5pPl16421 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Thu, 17 May 2001 22:51:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from poulton@localhost) by zonker.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) id WAA29113 for wind_talk; Thu, 17 May 2001 22:51:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 22:51:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> Message-Id: <200105180551.WAA29113@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> To: wind_talk@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com Subject: sailing a 3-piece mast
Michael and I come across Mike T at the far side of the channel,
swimming his broken-masted rig in. We stop first to offer the advice to
derig first, but then I suggest we try to rerig the sail.
His mast was broken right at the boom connection - it's now a 3-piece
mast. We slide out the middle piece, reverse it, and manage to slide
its ferrule into the broken end of the bottom half and the top piece
goes inside its broken end. We had to remove the cap at the top of the
mast to move the mast enough (about a foot) to make this work. After
putting the top back on, Mike has a mast about 6" shorter than before.
His sail is "a bit" baggy, but he is able to sail the whole 2 miles back
to the launch!
I had originally thought to flip the upper two pieces upside down as a
unit (which might be the only way it fits with other masts) but this way
was stronger.
Ken Poulton
poulton@labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com
"Ken is out in the channel floating with a broken mast at Coyote Point.
When should I start to worry?"
Katie Poulton to Kirk Lindstrom, trying to remain calm in the face of
the unknown.... Facts were better than we thought since he launched
from 3rd and probably WAS near Coyote at that time.
I have wanted to try this mast trick since thinking it up the day
*after* this incident in 1994.
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