Subject: [harryproa] Aroha
From: Rob Denney
Date: 9/11/2009, 11:15 PM
To: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au
Reply-to:
harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au

 

G'day,

This from another forum, posted by Mark Stephens, who helped build Aroha.

The12m had some weather 8hrs east of Lord Howe and broke some gear, put
out parachute for 36 hrs till it calmed down enough to do repairs. 250
miles out from Lord Howe leeward hull started flexing a lot in a beam
sea, solved the problem temporarly by using the jib halyard as shroud
and tightened it with the winch and did the rest of the trip with the
main with 1 and 2 reefs in, had to baby it. He's going to try solid
bulkheads at beams and same at mast. end quote

Before they left, Bain asked me about reinforcing the lee hull. I
advised him to fit full bulkheads, which should have been in from the
start for stiffness and watertightness reasons. As far as I know, he
decided to just add more laminate to the hull. I have asked Mark for
more details of the weather and the gear that broke, will let you know
what I hear.

regards,

Rob

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