texas 300 crash video
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Posted: Jun 16, 2012 - 03:45 AM
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Posted: Jun 16, 2012 - 02:07 PM
DAMN! That was brutal!
Was that a rogue wave that threw them to leeward and flipped the boat? Cripes, watching their mast pop almost made me cry. Any idea if they were able to fix things and get back on the water, or was that it?
Thanks for posting.
Tom
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Tom Benedict
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Posted: Jun 16, 2012 - 06:15 PM
apparently the mast broke and the main got shredded....expensive!
but having made all that effort to get there
and pretty much everyone knowing crashes like that are not uncommon
parts were on hand and with a new mast and sail
they are back in the race
as to why it happened Jake over at catsailor says
the best way to get off a beach like that is not to try and sail straight out through the breakers
but to reach along between them and try to sail around them
or at least choose where you go over
also the crew was slow getting back from lowering the dagger
and while in the right position needed to be just a bit further forward and holding on -
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Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 09:30 AM
wow, i saw it from the justintv video from the shore, but they just panned over after the boat turtled, didn't really get to see what happened. this is certainly a better perspective
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Kenneth Purdy
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