Oh man! That'll slow you down and ruin your day. There's a really nice (CF hulls) SC22 on the West River. The amount of power it's rig develops is outrageous, insanely wide beam and tall rig. Like a freight train when reaching.They have to be over-built to hold up to the loads placed on the foils in 15+ knot conditions.

I've had the shroud pull through the hull tang. No warning. Just fatigue on a 10 yr-old boat. Recently, had the forestay shackle start to give way because the pin had worked its way open. Fortunately, the rig tension did not allow it to back out all of the way but the additional slack in the rig made it obvious that something was wrong. Now I pointedly inspect the shroud and forestay contacts to confirm that they are secure before every sail.



Kris Hathaway