So the Tornado was refinished, re rigged, debugged and we have been sailing it this summer. Love it. It is so fast. Anyways, out this weekend on the Sound. Flying back and forth. Several hours in, the mast folds in two and lands on the deck and water. Some nice folks from Madison Surf Club see this, rig their Hobie 16 and pull us 3/4 mile back to shore. Big thanks there. Turns out one of the diamond wire fittings had failed. Not sure if this was cause or result, thinking the former. We have new standing rigging on it, but didn't do the diamonds. It is an old racer, so every piece if going to get Zygloed or replaced. Kind of stinks a little swaged on clevis cost us a mast. Oh well, that sailing. I guess its time to find a parts boat with a good mast.
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John
Nacra 5.0
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