H20Notes - Spaces Discussions

Photos of Adieu and Comet, at the Invitational Regatta at Oshkosh. These are from the first day, as it appears we are flying the carbon spar, and had a gravity storm with that one in Race #2. In the picture of us and Sevey, it appears we will be able to roll him off the line, but he squeezed us off (@#$%&* C boaters!). I always started under, to port of him from then on. Look at the jib trim on both boats...very different. Sevey's traveler is higher than ours, also. Thanks, John...these are fun to study. Gives me a good view of the lower spreaders of the Adieu carbon rig, and they are not sagging, which we have pretty much ruled out a s a cause of the collapse. The jury is still out, but Andy Gratton (resident engineer, sailing in the #7 spot at the moment of failure) feels it was pure compression failure. We were pounding pretty good at the time. See the latest issue of Scow Slants, Page 33, with us and Sevey again, smashing to windward off the line, I finally got the lee bow lesson correct, and we are legging out on M-6. We were dismasted about 10-15 minutes later.