Yesterday, a friend and I were putting on the sails on my E26. Luckily there was a dock available at the club and we didn't have to do it at the mooring. We got the mainsail setup without any issues.
We got the headsail into the furler and as we were turning the furler foil to be able to setup the furling line, the forestay snapped at the turnbuckle and the mast fell back. Luckily there was no one nearby and no one else on the boat and we escaped injury.
The boom sheared off the gooseneck - the rivets popped out and there's some damage on the gooseneck. One of the spreaders broke off along with half the bracket it was mounted on. Some other damage as well. No hull damage.
We got a few other people at the club to help and it took us a couple hours to disconnect all the rigging to get the boom and mast off the boat.
The boom and the furler foil seem to be fine.
I need to find a rigger to setup it now as I simply don't trust myself to do it.
Here's some pics
Where the forestay cable snapped :
Where the boom fell on the compass and broke the entire housing (the compass seems to be fine)
where the spreader bracket broke off
The base of the mast - a little bent - can be hammered back into place I think
The gooseneck rivets holding the boom popped off
Never a dull moment.
We got the headsail into the furler and as we were turning the furler foil to be able to setup the furling line, the forestay snapped at the turnbuckle and the mast fell back. Luckily there was no one nearby and no one else on the boat and we escaped injury.
The boom sheared off the gooseneck - the rivets popped out and there's some damage on the gooseneck. One of the spreaders broke off along with half the bracket it was mounted on. Some other damage as well. No hull damage.
We got a few other people at the club to help and it took us a couple hours to disconnect all the rigging to get the boom and mast off the boat.
The boom and the furler foil seem to be fine.
I need to find a rigger to setup it now as I simply don't trust myself to do it.
Here's some pics
Where the forestay cable snapped :
Where the boom fell on the compass and broke the entire housing (the compass seems to be fine)
where the spreader bracket broke off
The base of the mast - a little bent - can be hammered back into place I think
The gooseneck rivets holding the boom popped off
Never a dull moment.