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Big straight line winds in OKC on Tuesday night brought down a friend's mast. Anyone near the great state of Oklahoma have an extra mast and tabernacle for a Catalina 25 SR SK ?? Thanks
... that's why I took down my mast to replace the 12 yo rigging. I completely replaced all the rigging this weekend. Now all I need is a dry sunny afternoon to raise the mast again. A big wind should not be able to take down the main element of a wind-powered machine.
. A big wind should not be able to take down the main element of a wind-powered machine.
Ive always wondered about that myself. I guess something windblown like plywood could hit the mast and bend it. I wonder if that is what happens when sailboats at dock lose their naked spars in big winds.
Ive always wondered about that myself. I guess something windblown like plywood could hit the mast and bend it. I wonder if that is what happens when sailboats at dock lose their naked spars in big winds.
Sometimes it's rigs getting tangled or catching a piling as boats are rolling in the waves coming through the marina. Things could get dicey in the boat club where Passage lived when a storm tide sent waves across the adjoining parking lot.
Dave Bristle Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired), Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
That's for sure Dave. When I was on the slip in the Housatonic a few years back we had a wicked nor'easter that heeled Passage so far over that the stern pulpit caught on the dock edge and bent it beyond repair. Never saw that one coming! Thank God a fellow forum member had a replacement for sale. Schtufff happens in bad weather that you often cannot predict or prepare for. Snagging your rig in the neighbor's is another.
I believe our spars sparred. Our slips are very close together with no finger piers for separation. I looked at the weather history for that night and there were 80 MPH gusts from the perfect, or not so perfect direction.
Dave Bristle Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired), Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
First, so sorry to hear of the mast loss -- must have been quite a storm. If/when the forecast indicates it is always best to remove sails -- albeit not always possible. I remove my mast every winter to both reduce stress on the poor 37 year old chain plates and standing rigging, and to inspect mast and standing rigging to make sure I see problems before they are problems. That said, every year -- a few times -- a "wind event" that is not forecast occurs and I cross my fingers . . . . .
Peter Bigelow C-25 TR/FK #2092 Limerick Rowayton, Ct Port Captain: Rowayton/Norwalk/Darien CT
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