Sailing last Tues Lake Champlain, nice 10-12 knts in my H16 '82 (will all new rigging last spring), beautiful sunny day, beam reach, just decided whether to trap out and ...."snap"....the little 6 inch section of the forestay between the mast tang and the jib sheet block broke. As the sun shone brightly, my rig just fell backwards. Then all was quiet on this peaceful day....
I packed up, rowed for 30 min with my little extendable paddled before finding a ride 2 miles back to home. Home safe and sound.
Anyone else with similar stories.