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That guy had too much time on his hands. Like the friend who built me a submarine, described WAY back in your thread.

:cool:!!:p

Nah, if I'm going to hit something I want a good run at it.

Damn...a Santa Cruz 70 sinking? winces as I read back... Bob, makes a long-keeled boat with an attached rudder more attractive, even if slower.

Sold!

Wow... that's a beautiful solution! If that a custom fabrication, or something available from a manufacturer? m

Surprise! has a full bulkhead in front of the rudder post but it has holes through it for the engine exhaust hose, hoses from the cockpit drains,...

It's surprising that there were no mechanical fasteners. If you duplicate the metal "box" seen on the other boat, I'd go up a thickness on the...

First ever sinking in a Transpac. Here's a first hand discussion by OEX's John Sangmeister and PYEWACKET's Roy Pat Disney shortly after they docked...

Here's a little bit more Bob Perry article about them. http://sailingmagazine.net/article-300-piper-24.html My blog, which needs an update,...

Who is Ian Ferguson, from Emeryville, representing the Singlehanded Sailing Society in the Transpac? I don't remember his boat in any of our races....

The attachment between the box and the deck could be the weakest link here, which would be a shame as a design flaw. I'm waiting to hear back from...

Thanks for posting the picture of the Piper. I was curious as to what it looked like. It should be fun to sail.

It looks to me like the steering box, the fiberglass one...the box itself is plenty strong enough. The box didn't fail, the attachment of box to deck...

The original halyards were wire/rope and they're full of meathooks. And....the rope tails are so old and never been used, that the ball of coiled up...

With the generosity of a certain SSS forumite with an F-31 at the Alameda Marina, who PM'd me (and I assume wants to remain anonymous), and Ants...

That might work! Yeah, your other forestay is too big. I have the old Norseman fitting from the Piper that is re-useable. I finally got it off the...

LOL for the Freudian slip. It's worse than that though. My worry was not losing the boat; I could eat the cost or be dead. It was going...

Since insurance in a distance range single/doublehanded isn't an option I've always had to come to grips with writing off the hole boat.

As reported by owner/skipper, Transpac sled OEX sank this morning at 0455 a.m. PDT. The crew was either in the liferaft, or already taken aboard...

VHF transmit power was set to HI for all channels during the rescue. Squelch was also set to the lowest level without picking up noise.

This is like those baseball records set by ball players who were doped to gills on steroids. They need as asterix by their 'record' finish time.

Rudder-post Anxiety Syndrome (RPAS) is very real! Heavy doses of carbon fiber can alleviate but not eliminate the symptoms. I speak as a fellow...

Thanks, Rob, Here's what we know about the foiling Mod-70 trimaran MASERATI that hit something large last evening shortly after sunset while...

It's fresh in my mind because of Will's boat in the LongPac and because I've been spending time in Surprise!'s stern area, staring at the rudder...

Hi Bob - the wood floating all around British Columbia (and Puget Sound) is one of the big reasons I do not particularly enjoy singlehanded...

Not to pour cold water on it, but this is the biggest reason why another SHTP is not a sure thing for me. These collisions, with resulting foil...

Hi Skip - it seems that the big multihull Maserati has also pranged into something floating in the water that significantly damaged a rudder and...

Oh Dear, With still 75% of the course to go, the 90 boat Transpac fleet is suffering attrition: at least 6 rudders compromised, including two...

Hey, that's right. I knew about that one, but I didn't pay a lot of attention because there's a charity regatta in Oceanside that weekend. Maybe I'll...