I can't quite figure it out. I don't see the skippers trap wire in the pic. I do see the leeward skippers trap wire. I'm assuming that the wire let go from the top and the skipper went splash as he broke his tiller. He didn't even have time to uncleat.
Mike Hill
there is loads of wire wrapped around the windward rudder. My guess is either the wire mor the shackle snapped
