[quote=spiridon]Hello everyone, this past weekend I went out for a sail on my Prindle 16 cat with my daughter and girlfriend. Wind conditions were normal 9-10 mph. We had just completed a tack and after picking up some speed unexpectedly I hear a snap and simultaneously the mast came down like a ton or bricks!!!!!!!! Luckily the mast went down opposite side of us and towards the stern. No one was injured but boy was it scary!!! After assessing what went wrong I realized that the port side shroud snapped at the bottom by the loop. I purchased the vessel knowing that the cable had one strang of wire that was broken. PLEASE DONT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE if your shrouds have a broken strang replace them immediately!!! You might not be as lucky as I was.[/quote]
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