Originally Posted by pgp
There was some carnage: 1 broken mast (Viper); 1 broken diamond wire (Viper)- I think both were the results of capsize under spin and involved the mainsheet but I'm not certain.


Our broken diamond wire was due to a fitting failure where it goes into the mast at the top. Nothing we could have done to prevent it. Always sucks when the first outing of a new boat ends with a failure. It's being taken care of so I don't have anything to complain about.