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#99370 02/20/07 07:41 AM 02/20/07 07:41 AM |
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Posts: 3,114 BANNED | US Nacra team had mainsheet give way and retired to fix . JC and Kenny?!?!? Nooo! | | | Re: 2007 F18 Worlds Starts - Carnage begins !!
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#99372 02/20/07 11:06 PM 02/20/07 11:06 PM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | when the splice is not done properly
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#99375 02/21/07 08:54 AM 02/21/07 08:54 AM |
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Posts: 3,293 Long Beach, California | JC posted that the factory splice on the stock sheet failed. He's now using his own mainsheet. Dunno why he didn't put it on to begin with, as he took a lot of his own gear down with him with that intent.
Anyway - not something you'd expect to fail. They said they would have limped around the course and finished if they'd known racing would be cancelled, but they ran for the beach to make a repair instead. Chalk it up to bad luck - and then they lose the second day of racing entirely. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
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After watching Lionel Messi play, I realize I need to sail harder.
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#99376 02/21/07 10:25 AM 02/21/07 10:25 AM |
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Posts: 3,293 Long Beach, California | Good video posted now - hi-res looks good even in full-screen. Thanks, Sail TV. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
John Williams
- The harder you practice, the luckier you get - Gary Player, pro golfer
After watching Lionel Messi play, I realize I need to sail harder.
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#99377 02/21/07 12:05 PM 02/21/07 12:05 PM |
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#99381 02/21/07 04:02 PM 02/21/07 04:02 PM |
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#99382 02/21/07 04:32 PM 02/21/07 04:32 PM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Yeah, you say that now. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Jake Kohl | | | Re: 2007 F18 Worlds Starts - Carnage begins !!
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#99383 02/21/07 05:07 PM 02/21/07 05:07 PM |
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Posts: 902 Norman,OK | As long as it wasn't my boat. I would hate to have my boat out in that but I would love to be out there on one of their boats!
Once you go cat you never go back!
Nacra 5.2 (Elsies)#1499, running an inter17 spin!
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#99384 02/21/07 07:51 PM 02/21/07 07:51 PM |
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Posts: 2,921 Michigan | JC posted that the factory splice on the stock sheet failed. He's now using his own mainsheet. Dunno why he didn't put it on to begin with, as he took a lot of his own gear down with him with that intent.
Anyway - not something you'd expect to fail. They said they would have limped around the course and finished if they'd known racing would be cancelled, but they ran for the beach to make a repair instead. Chalk it up to bad luck - and then they lose the second day of racing entirely. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Which splice? Eye splice, cover/core traveler "splice?" Hard to see how a taper would fail.
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#99385 02/21/07 08:27 PM 02/21/07 08:27 PM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | If the core slips inside the cover, and the cover tears loose at the taper, it's a real mess. You pull on the line but the core just slides inside and even a cleat won't hold it.
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#99386 02/21/07 08:37 PM 02/21/07 08:37 PM |
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Posts: 2,921 Michigan | If the core slips inside the cover, and the cover tears loose at the taper, it's a real mess. You pull on the line but the core just slides inside and even a cleat won't hold it. I had something like that happen when I took the core out of the cover for the travelor tie-off. How do people prevent that from happening when they do that with the travelor tails? | | | Re: 2007 F18 Worlds Starts - Carnage begins !!
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#99387 02/21/07 09:09 PM 02/21/07 09:09 PM |
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Posts: 829 Charleston, SC | They have their rigging done via "Treyline," which is guaranteed never to fail, or your money back AND line replacement. My bet is that it wasn't a strip-cover taper, but was a splice between spectra and a line like Maffioli or Robline racing sheet. If not done properly, this type of splice could break loose.
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