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Originally Posted by Brion Toss
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Finally, tune might have been a component; if the intermediates were tuned even a little slack, less load would be borne by them than the design would indicate...
Fair leads,
Brion Toss
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The lowers were and are relatively lose but this was the upper. Just looking at the wire now, there are 10 strands completely broken and there is a core with the remaining 9. Your estimate of 1/3 the strength is probably good given that the remaining wires are not pristine. In thinking about it a bit more, I sail in SF Bay and I don't get a lot of pounding. I have talked with the tech people at Loos and they say it is the shock loads that break the wire so that was probably helpful. Maybe I wasn't as close as I thought to having the rig come down but I am still thankful that it didn't.
Brion, my friend Steve caught the lecture at the boat show where you demo'ed how to make my soft shackle. You talked to him after. Thank you for the mention. Sorry we could not get up your way on our trip. Next time I will time it for the boat show.
Allen
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