Danmiller888
New Member
Last summer I taught myself to sail on a super porpoise. Because there is not alot of information out there on the super porpoise, I used the sunfish gooseneck and halyard settings.
Towards the end of summer after lots of practice I was confident enough to take my girlfriend out. I weight 190 and she’s about 110. The winds were whipping and we were having a blast (or atleast I was). upon returning I had the sail wide open and the mast actually ripped out of the boat and cause about a 1 foot diameter hole. We were heeling pretty hard prior to that. I know heeling is not a desired condition For speed but I really enjoy leaning out Over the edge and cutting hard.
anyways, the fiberglass seat that holds the mass ripped out of the boat and pretty much destroyed the boat as far as I’m concerned.i would have thought that the boat would capsize before it would break.why do you suspect this happened? Were we over weight? was the boat just weak? Improper technique?
We were sailing down wind with the sail open and a knot in the main sheet. Could this cause the nose to dig in and you can’t really capsize in that direction?
I just bought a 1970s sun fish and I don’t want the same thing to happen especially cause this hull seems to be a great shape.
Towards the end of summer after lots of practice I was confident enough to take my girlfriend out. I weight 190 and she’s about 110. The winds were whipping and we were having a blast (or atleast I was). upon returning I had the sail wide open and the mast actually ripped out of the boat and cause about a 1 foot diameter hole. We were heeling pretty hard prior to that. I know heeling is not a desired condition For speed but I really enjoy leaning out Over the edge and cutting hard.
anyways, the fiberglass seat that holds the mass ripped out of the boat and pretty much destroyed the boat as far as I’m concerned.i would have thought that the boat would capsize before it would break.why do you suspect this happened? Were we over weight? was the boat just weak? Improper technique?
We were sailing down wind with the sail open and a knot in the main sheet. Could this cause the nose to dig in and you can’t really capsize in that direction?
I just bought a 1970s sun fish and I don’t want the same thing to happen especially cause this hull seems to be a great shape.