Hagar Feb 9?

Yes, Feb 9 & 10. Do you what you need to sir, it's been too long.

Trying to get crew... I have a

maybe

.

I don't need a full NOR but what time does the distance race start on Saturday? Thats the only part that I can make anyways.

Sweet

I got crew lined up. Never been on a sailboat in his life but he's a good friend so it should be fun.

Great forecast too! Upper 70's and 10-20 from the NNE. Beat to the bridge (if it shifts at all to the east we might get a close reach) and then a sleigh ride home!

wouldn't that be nice.

Yep. Forcast is moving to the right.

Right out of the NE. Should be a GREAT day on the water.

Forecast is still perfection!

Had a great time. Weather was great, the party at Matt's afterwards was awesome and it felt great to get back in the water again 😛

GOD I HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS!!! <img src="<>/mad.gif" alt="mad" title="mad" height="15" width="15" />

Did the mainsail blow up at the end there?

Ouch!

I donno. Did it? 😛

Double OUCH!

A little duct tape, you'll be back in business.

Actually, I have seen damage like that taped together.

AND a hiking stick...took me forever to figure out what that last

pop

of motion was at the end of that video. I guess your boat is making you pay penance for all the inactivity!

Hell hath no fury like a boat scorned?

The hiking stick is fine... it was off the back of the boat. Only thing that broke was the sail. Boom didn't even bend.

I'm stumped...at the end of your video, what was the

pop

that caused the boat to move and you to drop the rest of the way through the sail?

I also see that you had the sheet in your hand but didn't use it...RUSTY! <img src="<>/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" />

I'd say the

pop

was mylar giving way to Tad's girthiness. Those booms are tough, that was why I never switched over to the tube booms.
Good to see ya sailing Tad.

Yeah I think the second little pop was either my weight finishing the job or just another seam letting go on the sail. I did luck out in that I didn't hit the boom straight.

As for the main.... The ratchet is busted so the main was cleated. It was my friends first time on a sailboat so I was actually being a bit conservative. Oh well. Still had a great time.

I'd like to hear the friends comments!

He was ear to ear grins all day. He's already scouring eBay for a beater to put on the lake over here.

You almost got a high rise out of the boom! That was a great video angle.

John had a GoPro too but forgot it at home. Would have been great to have a headcam shot of him falling off the boat hahah.

Sucks to get dropped off the wire like that!

So...who didn't replace the worn out trap line?

Or did something else let go?

Timbo: The stopper knot that held the pigtail to the bungee pulled through the stopper ball. In retrospect, that stopper ball was way too big for the diameter line I was using.

I was worried that my eye splice let go but no.. in the video I was able to slow mo it in Premier Pro and see that the bungee pulled right through the block on his way into the drink.

Lesson learned.

That SUCKS!

I do find it extremely funny that a split second before the crew splashes, it looks like he's checking his watch, (or at least just looking at his wrist), then poof, he's gone.

Great angle Tad, sorry for your main. Its a sad realization that you just went winging through an expensive piece of cloth.

Eh. It can be replaced 😛

I had a quote running through my head,

emergency departure initiating in 3...2....1....

That sucks! I had a similar thing happen, had a knot let go on a trap handle, but mine happened just as I got out onto the wire in a good breeze, right on the starting line, at GO time, in a 23 boat fleet!

I went straight into the drink, the boat went over, luckily I was down by the pin, so it didn't hit anyone. I got the boat up quickly enough, but with no trap handle on one side, and being Uni, I had to go to the beach to replace it!

I hate it when that happens!

We can put a man on the moon, but so far as I know there is no full proof trapeze rig.