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Yachting Monthly's Crash Test Boat Dismasting

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Uploaded by on Jun 28, 2011

This month we take our Crash Test Boat out and dismast her in 30 knots of breeze. Then we see which methods work for removing the rigging, and how much of the rig we can save.

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  • oops! looks like my own summer-experience at the northsea........

  • Incrivel: Esse vou colocar no blog: ventoesom.blogspot.com

  • The lower section of the mast falls down because the mast breaks at the lower shroud attachement points, and when they fail, nothing is holding it up anymore

  • @Waaranti Because he didn't want to? :0)

  • Nice movie!

    Please not that cutting nitronic rod is a complete different story, please watch this blog:

    blog.apsltd.com/2009/06/video-­blog-holmatro-wirerod-cutters.­html

  • Top movie. Thanks a lot.

  • The bottom section goes as well due to the loss of the backstay? Higher on the wind, would the top section have come backwards and the babystay have kept the bottom section up? Obviously more dangerous for the test crew though...A fractional rig would probably just go at the spreaders.

  • why doesnt the skipper wear a lifejacket????????

  • Interesting video. I think I would of had everybody wearing helmets for the mast fall and eye protection when cutting rigging that's under load.

  • FIRST!

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