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Originally Posted by JPA Cate
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Does anyone know if the aft cockpit could be accessed from below decks?
And a question, given the mass of that boom, thanks El Pinguino for the photo, instead of running off with the turn, what if they had come up to maybe 45-50 deg off the wind? Would the wind have been enough to stabilize the boom lying against the spreaders? with the hope of securing it there?
Ann
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Hi,
I just finished skimming this. I'm sorry for the two crew members and their families.
The report has lots of good suggestions/data and may be worth a skim.
To answer two of your questions, it does not appear the
cockpit could be accessed from below (that said, the owner and remaining crew took turns trying to steer
boat shortly after crash gibe so I assume they timed their approach to the wheel).
Also, the report suggests that keeping a little more
mainsail up could've been useful for using the wind to pin the boom to one side (but also concedes that leaving more sail up could have made the boom swings worse and caused more damage). Report says boom was around 700 kg. The report mentions that owner brought down all but small piece of
mainsail before the boom destroyed the hydraulics needed to raise/lower sail.
Another suggestion to control the boom involved letting topping
lift run and then tying it off. That said, my IQ always seems to drop when I'm on the
boat and I can't imagine coming up with that idea given what had just happened.
The one key takeaway for me was to practice
MOB until they are almost instinct. I'd like to believe that if a crew has twenty? thirty?
MOB practice sessions, then the crew will automatically throw a cushion into the
water. Although, I'd concede that in these conditions, who knows how much
training will remain.