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How often do you pitchpole?? #54686 08/07/05 12:28 PM 08/07/05 12:28 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 4,451 West coast of Norway Rolf_Nilsen OP Carpal Tunnel
Rolf_Nilsen OP Carpal Tunnel Joined: May 2003 Posts: 4,451 West coast of Norway	We did our first pitchpole with our Tornado today. We have sailed T's since year 2000, and this is the first time.. There have been some close calls, but we have always seen them come and backed off a bit. Today, there was no warning, leeward bow just dove and there was no chance to grab anything before it was to late. Things happen fast when jib-reaching.. I wound up tangled around the mast while the crew was messing around in the jib. No damages to equipement, but some bruises and scratches.. Almost funny how fast i happened when the bow dug in! We was out testing a new mainsail, and I attribute it to the new sail, as it surely can't have been a driver 'thing' Righting was no problem, even with the "unsafe" but sealed alu mast. Crew on the bow to keep us pointing into the wind, and I righted it alone with the righting line. The new main is quite a bit more powerful than our old 2000 Ullman main.. Now, one pitchpole in 5 years I can live with. How often do you others do the "emergency stop" routine?

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How often do you pitchpole??	Rolf_Nilsen	08/07/05 05:28 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Brian_Mc	08/07/05 06:44 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Cookie Monster	08/07/05 08:18 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Rolf_Nilsen	08/07/05 09:01 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Cookie Monster	08/08/05 12:35 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Tornado_ALIVE	08/08/05 01:13 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole?? Yea Right Mate	BobG	08/08/05 02:03 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole?? Yea Right Mate	Andinista	08/08/05 02:17 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole?? Yea Right Mate	Tornado_ALIVE	08/09/05 10:32 AM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	MauganN20	08/07/05 10:30 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Robi	08/07/05 11:22 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	MauganN20	08/08/05 12:02 AM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Rolf_Nilsen	08/08/05 12:14 AM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Steve_Kwiksilver	08/08/05 02:14 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Rolf_Nilsen	08/08/05 04:44 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Jimbo	08/08/05 06:01 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	utahsailor	08/08/05 07:04 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	flumpmaster	08/08/05 03:33 AM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Darryl_Barrett	08/08/05 03:48 AM
How often do you pitchpole?? Only when it hurts	Qb2	08/08/05 11:19 AM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Redtwin	08/09/05 02:33 AM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	flounder	08/08/05 09:14 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	gregP19	08/09/05 02:39 AM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Tornado_ALIVE	08/09/05 10:37 AM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Anonymous	08/11/05 09:47 AM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	scooby_simon	08/11/05 11:32 AM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	catman	08/11/05 10:26 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Patrick	08/11/05 05:38 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Sycho15	08/11/05 06:00 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Rolf_Nilsen	08/11/05 06:19 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	calcheck	08/18/05 08:54 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	pitchpoledave	08/18/05 09:25 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Tornado	08/18/05 10:36 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	calcheck	08/19/05 01:16 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	hrtsailor	08/19/05 02:11 PM
Re: How often do you pitchpole??	Jimbo	08/19/05 05:40 PM

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