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rbgarr
11-20-2008, 05:14 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_OmUdUzc4o
mizzenman
11-20-2008, 05:49 PM
Did you catch which part of the boat that was damaged?
JimConlin
11-20-2008, 05:50 PM
The only way to find a limit is to exceed it.

Puma on a happier day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHuPb1h1Fj0&NR=1
S/V Laura Ellen
11-20-2008, 05:51 PM
Did you catch which part of the boat that was damaged?

I may be wrong, but from what what I've been able to piece together, there are beams that run the length of the boat that provide most of the strength. These beams are not holding up the the pounding in the southern ocean.
rbgarr
11-20-2008, 05:57 PM
PUMA have sustained serious structural damage for the second time in 24 hours
and are considering whether to re-route away from the rest of the fleet to
Cochin, India. The night before last, they crashed off a wave which caused several
cracks in the longitudinal frames of the bow section. They bent the bow pulpit
and shredded an asymmetric spinnaker in the process. The fix took seven hours
but cost PUMA little in time to their rivals at the head of the fleet. Then at
04:30 GMT this morning, as the fleet blasted along in 25 knots of squally
southern ocean, they suffered a further blow when the boat was launched off
another wave. This time the main section of the boat took the brunt of the
impact - just behind the keel frame. "This time it's a bit more serious,"
skipper Ken Read said. "This one may be a bit tougher to work around. Not only
is this break in the central structure for the entire boat, but it will take
quite a bit longer to put a fix on - maybe as long as 24 hours."
Concordia...41
11-20-2008, 07:24 PM
In the related videos section, the Team Russa Chinese Jibe is pretty spectacular :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d89-0-lp7yI&feature=channel
Brian Palmer
11-20-2008, 09:30 PM
In the related videos section, the Team Russa Chinese Jibe is pretty spectacular :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d89-0-lp7yI&feature=channel

Yeah, those canting keels are great, as long as they are on the correct side of the boat relative to the sails!

Brian
rbgarr
11-21-2008, 06:17 AM
In the related videos section, the Team Russa Chinese Jibe is pretty spectacular :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d89-0-lp7yI&feature=channel

My wife's response after watching the jibe: "Remind me to decline when they ask us to join the crew next year...."