Posted by michel.capel (michel.capel@…>)
All,
As we know, F44 Frog Kiss won the first (singlehanded) leg of the
Bermuda-one-two race. On the doublehanded upwind leg, Frog Kiss lost
one of the masts. As it now appears from the quote “Tristan has set
a staysail forward of the rear mast and is sailing fairly well.”
which I picked up from the Bermuda-1-2 website, the mainmast was
lost. That was the mast with the nifty little jib attached. Was that
too much for the CF mast? I’d really like to know what happened and
what caused the breakage. I recall that Frog Kiss had already lost a
main mast in the past, due to the mast becoming unstepped and
falling over, then got squeezed in the deck opening.
Is there someone here with contacts with the Mouligne family?
Someone willing to visit their Newport RI base to ask what
happened? I have an F44 myself and a bit worried about my sticks.
Thanks,
Michel
Posted by Fargo Rousseau (fargo_r@…>)
Michel:I am following this issue as well…though from a safe armchair distance. I know the Frog Kiss team loves their staysails…but don’t know if the replacement mast (that failed again) was redesigned to take a point load so high off the deck. I am confident that a carbon mast can be designed take whatever load might be applied…but I wonder if this one failed because of a design problem…or a construction problem. The Mull and Pedrick masts were designed for the point load of the jib stay. In the case of the Pedrick boats…those loads are quite large and very high up the mast. I know of no problems with any of those mast designs. I hope we can find out the details of the failure. I love the F44… love, and in my more delusional moments, lust after. Fargorecently boatless…and looking"michel.capel" <michel.capel@…> wrote: All, As we know, F44 Frog Kiss won the first (singlehanded) leg of the Bermuda-one-two race. On the doublehanded upwind leg, Frog Kiss lost one of the masts. As it now appears from the quote “Tristan has set a staysail forward of the rear mast and is sailing fairly well.” which I picked up from the Bermuda-1-2 website, the mainmast was lost. That was the mast with the nifty little jib attached. Was that too much for the CF mast? I’d really like to know what happened and what caused the breakage. I recall that Frog Kiss had already lost a
main mast in the past, due to the mast becoming unstepped and falling over, then got squeezed in the deck opening. Is there someone here with contacts with the Mouligne family? Someone willing to visit their Newport RI base to ask what happened? I have an F44 myself and a bit worried about my sticks. Thanks, Michel
Posted by michel.capel (michel.capel@…>)
Fargo,
There are a couple of F44’s for sale for quite a long time now. A
challenging offer might set off something… I’m not sure however
you want to bid on Frog Kiss in her current condition…
Michel
— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, Fargo Rousseau
<fargo_r@…> wrote:
Michel:
I am following this issue as well…though from a safe armchair
distance. I know the Frog Kiss team loves their staysails…but
don’t know if the replacement mast (that failed again) was redesigned
to take a point load so high off the deck. I am confident that a
carbon mast can be designed take whatever load might be
applied…but I wonder if this one failed because of a design
problem…or a construction problem. The Mull and Pedrick masts were
designed for the point load of the jib stay. In the case of the
Pedrick boats…those loads are quite large and very high up the
mast. I know of no problems with any of those mast designs.
I hope we can find out the details of the failure. I love the
F44… love, and in my more delusional moments, lust after.
Fargo
recently boatless…and looking
“michel.capel” <michel.capel@…>
wrote: All,
As we know, F44 Frog Kiss won the first (singlehanded) leg of the
Bermuda-one-two race. On the doublehanded upwind leg, Frog Kiss
lost
one of the masts. As it now appears from the quote “Tristan has
set
a staysail forward of the rear mast and is sailing fairly well.”
which I picked up from the Bermuda-1-2 website, the mainmast was
lost. That was the mast with the nifty little jib attached. Was
that
too much for the CF mast? I’d really like to know what happened
and
what caused the breakage. I recall that Frog Kiss had already lost
a
main mast in the past, due to the mast becoming unstepped and
falling over, then got squeezed in the deck opening.
Is there someone here with contacts with the Mouligne family?
Someone willing to visit their Newport RI base to ask what
happened? I have an F44 myself and a bit worried about my sticks.
Thanks,
Michel