We began the club as a tool to keep our Skedaddle crew members informed of our boat's activities and it has evolved into a forum for discussion of Merit 25's.
I invite anyone to send me photos and I will post them as the Home Page Photo. Use the Messages page to ask questions, provide information, etc. You must become a member to post messages or photos or view the Club's address book.
"Believe me, my young
friend, there is nothing -
absolutely nothing - half so
much worth doing as
simply messing about in
boats. In or out of 'em, it
doesn't matter. Nothing
seems really to matter,
that's the charm of it.
Whether you get away, or
whether you don't; whether you arrive at your
destination, or whether you reach somewhere else or whether you never get anywhere at
all, you're always busy,
and you never do anything
in particular; and when
you've done it there's
always something else to
do, and you can do it if you
like, but you'd much
better not."
Water Rat to Mole
--Wind in the Willows--
Picture: Another shot of Skedaddle's arch-rival behind us. We're calling this one "The Cat Woman".
From what I understand from Chris Kletka, who I bought my boat from the failure involved a tree while it was on the trailer...not the usual failure mode.
Since we're talking about mast failures, of those who have lost a rig did you determine what the cause was? I was recently in a race on an F-27 trimaran and
The J 24 rig has a much deeper spreader angle and taper than the Merit section. Using a through bar on the Kenyon section should not cause structural issues. I