So I went sailing yesterday in perhaps a little too much wind but it was a fun ride with me having recently re-calibarated the trap lines to be more horizontal. Well, needless to say, with the chop we were hanging from the lines more than once with no actual feet on the boat. Anyway...
So we were on a close reach flying a hull and felt something sort of tug at the boat for a second. I figured we sort of skirted the bottom and the rudder didn't kick up. Then the cascading downhaul blew- which I saw coming based on how I have it rigged. When we were headed back to shore I asked my crew to pull up the boards and when he pulled up the starboard board only half of it came up! I was like.. wow... as far as I can tell the hull isn't damaged but I will certainly look closer next time I have it off the beach.
How common is this? Do you figure it was more of a lateral stress that did it or from the front?