In strong winds, following/roiling seas, and a full capacity aboard, the rig can be expected to be "taxed to the max".Why do you suspect this happened? Were we over weight? was the boat just weak? Improper technique?
We were sailing downwind 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.
If you part-out your damaged Super Porpoise, I'd like to buy some of your "old stock" hardware.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.
I am parting it out as we speak. I’ll be sure to post the items.If you part-out your damaged Super Porpoise, I'd like to buy some of your "old stock" hardware.Maybe the sail?
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I’m sorry I don’t have the hull anymore and I just looked through my pictures and didn’t find one of the damage.As a fellow Super Porpoise owner, I'd really like to see some pics of the damage.
If you part-out your damaged Super Porpoise, I'd like to buy some of your "old stock" hardware.Maybe the sail?
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The super porpoise sale rudder and peel the only thing is there's two holes in the bottom of the front of the boat. And a golf ball size hole on the side. Was planning on fixing but I have the sale as well and the mast. I would consider selling or parting out if you're interested. 920-558-0821 thank you
Couple o' quick observations as I kill time before my phone interview... for "threshold of stress" you can substitute "breaking point" of the mast step, as there will always be stress on a rig and step, as long as there is wind. Only when the stress reaches a critical point does the mast step fail. As a skipper, you are using the hull & blades to redirect all that energy, all that drive created by the rig above, and the manner in which you DO that will certainly affect stress levels, for better or for worse. A "heavy-handed" skipper who slings the boat around like so much hash will invariably add stress to the rig & mast step, while a skipper with a smooth hand on the tiller or wheel can still make bold maneuvers, they're just done with more finesse. Tacking speed is a good indication of whether a skipper has a smooth or heavy hand: a heavy hand will result in noticeable reduction in speed, while a smooth hand brings the boat through the eye of the wind without losing too much speed. Same goes for gybing, really, where control is even more important: an uncontrolled or "flying gybe" will not only stress your rig and step to the max, it will also slow you down as the boat violently heels, gets knocked down, or whatever...
As for raising the daggerboard, it's not restricted to sailing off the wind... under certain conditions, I'd often partially raise the daggerboard of my Laser or Minifish while on a close reach, or even close-hauled in lighter winds. Currents also come into play here if you're in coastal waters, but I reckon that doesn't apply to you. Yeah, once the wind is howling, you're gonna want that daggerboard all the way down while beating or thrashing to windward, but there are times when you won't NEED it all the way down. And at those times, if you leave it all the way down, you're simply creating more drag which in turn reduces your boat speed. Learn to experiment with the daggerboard (and rudder too, once you become more proficient) to see how much faster your boat can go... on a long and deep broad reach or run, I used to raise my daggerboard practically all the way and kick up my rudder a bit, and the resulting increase in speed was often dramatic. Shock cord helps keep a daggerboard at the selected height (or depth), just run the cord from the daggerboard around the mast. Some skippers use other methods to control daggerboard height, but shock cord is a good start, and relatively inexpensive. Uh-oh, almost interview time, gotta cut this short... Cheers!!!
Why NOT mind it? It's good advice...
As for the interview, which one? I've been to a few in recent months, got ghosted on most of 'em, probably due to the fake charges in Kalifornia... and my age.
Meh, I now have a full-time job lined up, I already cleared the background check and I start Monday...
Still free & clear on my home too, which is a big plus, just gotta dig myself out of a financial hole (to the tune of several thousand dollars owed to brothers).
So I'm a happy camper, no pulling stakes and juggling or rehoming cats, I just hang out right here with the kittehs and enjoy the million-dollar view...
Shoot pool on the 8' table, fire up the BBQ on days off, chillax and share quality time with the cats, maybe even some new friends I meet on the job.
I'm actually looking after five cats now... three are mine, I believe the other two were abandoned by wankers who split. Grrrrrrr!!!
But we're one big happy family, and I don't wanna let them down either, so off to work I go, lol...
Positive aspects to the new job: close to home, like 3 or 4 minutes away, max; full-time, which seems to be a rarity nowadays, plus benefits; indoors with climate control, important in hot weather; company not likely to go under anytime soon.
Downside: graveyard shift, but I'm willing to do it because I have no other scheduled commitments, and the cats can simply adjust to my new work schedule.
Truth is, they'll be getting their breakfast at approximately the same time, I'll just be coming home from work when that happens... and I'll make sure they're set up before I leave every evening (on work nights). So no big deal, I've worked graveyard before, and trucking is 24/7, lol, but THAT is a separate reality.
Oh, yeah, I guess I'll be accruing PTO for those weeklong sailing vacations in Dago (I SHOULD have already taken TWO of 'em), but there's no going back in time to change things... if I could, I'd simply FRAG the inmate who kept smoking near fuel, and do it while nobody else was around, lol.
Meh, time to move on and move forward, and I'm still sittin' pretty compared to many other folks in this 'Brave New Third Socialist World'---lol, so p!ss on it, time to get back to my usual par-tay lifestyle.
Still on the cheap right now, of course, which is why I'm drinking... wait for it... wait for it... WATERMELON SANGRIA!!! I $h!t you not, the stuff actually exists!!! Ain't gonna make the wine list at any high-dollar restaurant, but it's quite refreshing on a warm May day in the high desert!
SO CHEERS, ALLA YOUSE NAUTICAL HEE-ROES!!! GOTTA RUN, SOMEONE IS DROPPING BY HERE SHORTLY... HASTA LUEGO!!!