Almost lost my mast Satuday

[keary N]

While sailing on the Southern of Narragansett Bay Saturday in my O'Day 22, we heard a loud metallic sound like cans being stepped on. Then the side stays went slack. One side of the starboard chain plate had failed and had pulled out ~ 1!". This had me pretty concerned as we we're quit a ways away from port which Is in the upper bay. So I ran a line from the mast base through the port side hand rail under the hull and back up to the stays affixed a pulley and pulled it tight. We then reefer the main and sailed an hour and a half back to the mooring.

Thanks to Rudy of D&R for taking care of me so that I could fix it before the storms yesterday.

 

[agprice22]

This highlights the need to take a look at our rigging before sailing each day. Look for missing rings, crevice corrosion, frayed cables, bent bolts, worn pins, loose bolts, loose chainplates, leaks, loose pintles or gudgeons, missing rudder pins, etc. those 5 minutes could save a lot!

Thanks,

Andrew

 

[Hydro Therapy]

Scary moment Im sure. Good job minimizing the damage.