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Old 02-05-2007, 04:10 PM   #75
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Nice pic..

Speaking of the broken masts:
Did they just snap in the wind, or is there more to it than that?

Wonder what the designer and the builder have to say about the situation: The water in the air intakes that shoted out the electrics, the anchors that failed, the rig, the masts etc.

Assuming the holding was good and the anchors had dug in, then survival was possible, at least in theory.
But the anchors "failed"..?
Inferior metal or poor design of the anchors, or just way unders-sized for actual storm conditions?

Lots of questions, and I sure would like to know the answers, not out of idle curiosity, but to learn from this whole mess.
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