My Nacra 5.5 SL front crossbar just failed. One end of the dolphin striker pulled out of the beam. I should say it pulled through the beam. It created a good 1.5 by 4 inch hole in the beam where the backing plate in the beam holding the dolphin striker end came right out. The rod holding the mast then pushed part way through the beam, since the dolphin striker was no longer holding it, and bent the beam, but the mast stayed up.



I assume this was a corrosion problem, but I have never heard of this happening. Has anyone else seen this? I don't know how you could easily inspect for such a thing.



Does anyone have any spare Nacra 5.5SL front crossbars lying around? I thought not.