X-OldHeader: From rossb@WellsFargo.COM-DeleteThis.com Wed Jul 18 08:24:58 2001 Return-Path: <rossb@WellsFargo.COM-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id IAA05746 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 18 Jul 2001 08:24:58 -0700 (PDT) From: rossb@WellsFargo.COM-DeleteThis.com Received: from msgbas1.sgp.agilent.com (msgbas1.sgp.agilent.com [141.183.101.235]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id IAA09432 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 18 Jul 2001 08:24:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sinclair-rm1.norwest.com (sinclair-rm1.norwest.com [198.74.16.149]) by msgbas1.sgp.agilent.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 349E325E for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 18 Jul 2001 23:24:53 +0800 (SGP) Received: from talia.norwest.com by sinclair-rm1.norwest.com via smtpd (for msgbas1x.sgp.agilent.com [192.25.42.26]) with SMTP; 18 Jul 2001 15:24:53 UT Received: from whitestar.norwest.com (whitestar.norwest.com [198.74.20.10]) by talia.norwest.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f6IFOsL00853 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 18 Jul 2001 10:24:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: from unixm3.wellsfargo.com by whitestar.norwest.com via smtpd (for talia.norwest.com [198.74.20.148]) with SMTP; 18 Jul 2001 15:24:50 UT Received: from xcgi-casfo-01.wellsfargo.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by unixm3.wellsfargo.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA12914 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 18 Jul 2001 08:21:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by xcgi-casfo-01.wellsfargo.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <30PAHPR4>; Wed, 18 Jul 2001 08:24:45 -0700 Message-ID: <583643968681D4119D170001FA7EEA8103AD9B92@xcem-casfo-04.wellsfargo.com-DeleteThis.com> To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com Subject: RE: Lost Board Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 08:24:42 -0700 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19)
I've had a number of failures of this nature.
I had a uni that I had used for many years on which the cup had apparently
worn so much that it wouldn't stay in the mast base--even a new spring clip
wouldn't do it. The board skated out from under me in a jibe--I just laid
the sail in the water and SWAM. Even with a skinny mast and me spending a
minute trying to wave down my friend after I'd gotten on the board (Ha! he
sailed away), the sail was floating there, waiting. This was off the end of
Brooks Island.
Since there are many parts of these units that go bad, my new rule is to
replace the whole thing every year.
And for those of us who do not fall down when we jibe, we can look down at
the mast track periodically and see if our mast is positioned in the same
place as when we left shore. I've had mine come undone, and I blame it on
those silly tack straps we used to have. (You bet I quit using
them--sissors are my friend.) For those of us who sail around in circles
(tack on one side and jibe on the other) stay lines and uphauls get twisted
up. I did notice that when my uni comes loose, it wants to slide forward.
Therefore, I greatly prefer mast tracks with the key hole in the back.
I've had two of the two bolt jobbers (different brands) but they worried me
even more than my one-bolts. Mine had that little spring clip with that
little button which looked like a point of failure to me.
Cindoll
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