6d • General discussion
Repairs
What is sailing without a few repairs now and then? They usually happen at the most inopportune times.
We had an incident last week while racing in 18-20 knots. Sailing on a Flying Tiger 10, we were overpowered into a broach and the tiller broke. Everyone jumped to get the boat under control, and we managed to jury-rig the tiller back together. Thank goodness for duct tape! We used an interior pole inside the carbon fiber tiller tube to reinforce it and it seemed fine.
We restarted the race, but lo and behold, on another strong gust, the tiller broke again. It was all hands on deck to get the sails down. We had to retire from the race and head back to the dock. Time for some real repairs!
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