fotos de una caida de mastil por ceder la proa

[Gladiador]

Leido en un post del foro YBW.com:

This is a Bavaria 46 (2007). It was sailing in the sheltered bay of Poros with a maximum wind speed of 20 kts and flat water.

As you can see, a section of the bow tore off still attached to the forestay and the mast came down. Luckily no one was hurt.

If this is the way yachts are built today we are all at risk.

I have sailed (motored) a yacht in to a quay-side at 8 kts and the results were nowhere near like this. I didn't even manage to hole the yacht!!!

In the past yachts were "over built" yet they weigh the same as yachts today.

So why do we sail this ****.... time to make some changes, don't you think?








Leido en otro post del mismo hilo en el susodicho foro:

About a dozen or more Dutch crewed yachts came into Aegina port on the last Friday, all with numbers on so I assumed and was told they had been racing. The Bavaria in question was in collision with another yacht and sustained some damage to it's bow. The captain was advised not to continue racing but in his wisdom tried a jury rig using his kite uphaul to assist the damaged bow and forestay anchor point.
He was told not to go out again but once again ignored the advice. This is when the bow failed and he became de-masted.
The wind speeds are you have given are correct and probably your appraisal of Bavarias too.
Where I can agree with you on anything about Bravaria it's far quicker to describe their good points rather than bad.
Assuming what I was told was correct which I can't believe any reason for it not to be, then this was down to pure stupidity......!

Y esto es todo lo que se sabe del tema.

Si álguien quiere seguir la polémica, larga y tediosa, sobre la calidad de la marca de barcos en cuestión puede entrar aqui:
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=236139

Saludos.

José