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Old 09-21-2015, 02:34 AM
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The ranger 33 at our club doesn't race but the 23 is an avid racer and wicked to race against. The 23 footer lost her mast in May. Her owner had just stepped the mast, rigged her and forgot a cotter pin in stb upper. Took her for a sail and figures the pin then dropped out on prt tack, when the pressure was off the rig on leeward side...as soon as he tacked the boat he saw it right away but it was to late to recover...the mast broke at the spreaders and came down in slow motion. He ordered and received a new mast but hasn't put it up yet.
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