Beachcat Cruising NY-Lorient: 6th day and ‘some’ problems
Big issue with a loose beam bolt , critical stuff crossing the Ocean. but they’ve managed to solved it with some spectra lines… —————-
“The beam attachment between the starboard float failed.Probably because of the efforts caused by rough seas, which led the roundness of the hole in the hull This has created a leak, and the danger was that the float dissociated himself from the rear beam, then the resulting failure of fixation of the same float on the beam before … and the dislocation of the boat!”https://www.ocean-express.org/
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
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Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16