Over the years I've damaged a few bits of kit:
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Masts:
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Snapped brand new Technofibre
520cm mast whilst adjusting the
outhaul at Oxwich Bay on the
Gower Peninsula, 8 June, 2003.
[Specialised Sailing in Fawley
replaced it under warranty
no questions asked, excellent
service guys!]
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Snapped 3 year old Bic 460cm
mast whilst planing out from
the beach at Hayling Island,
2004. [Replaced with a
Tushingham 460cm]
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Boards:
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Chipped nose of Bic Techno 283
whilst sailing at Newgale
beach, 2002. [Patched]
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Cracked nose of Starboard Carve
99 whilst sailing at
Hayling Island, 30 July, 2005.
[Repaired]
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Minor crack to nose of Starboard
Carve 99.
[Patched]
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Cracked nose of Starboard Carve
99 in the waves of Swansea Bay,
1 November, 2009.
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Sails:
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Ripped a minifilm panel on 4.2m
Arrows Impact whilst sailing in
Swansea Bay. 3 February, 2008.
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Ripped 5.0m Gaastra GTX from
clew to luff whilst sailing at
Knab Rock, Mumbles. 13 January,
2008.
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Ripped a monofilm panel on 5.8m
Bic Logical whilst
sailing at Hayling Island.
[Repaired]
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Ripped a monofilm panel on 5.8m
Bic Logical whilst sailing
at Lee on Solent. [Repaired]
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Put fin through a monofilm panel
on 5.8m Bic Logical whilst
rigging at Swansea Bay, 4 June,
2005. [Duck-Taped]
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Ripped a monofilm panel on 5.8m
Bic Logical whilst sailing
at Horton on the Gower
Peninsula, 23 September, 2005.
[Repaired]
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Put a small hole through bottom
panel of 5.8m Bic Logical while
sailing at Llangennith in
September 2006.
[Duck-Taped]
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Ripped a monofilm panel on 5.8m
Bic Logical in November, 2007.
[Duck-Taped]
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Snapped a batten and torn
batten pocket on 7.0m
Tushingham Thunderbird 2 while
sailing at Llangennith in
September 2006.
[Repaired]
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Ripped a monofilm panel on 7.2m
Arrows Tomahawk whilst
rigging at Hayling Island.
[Duck-Taped]
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Ripped a monofilm panel on 7.2m
Arrows Tomahawk whilst
caught in the shore dump at
Hayling Island, 22 May, 2005.
[Written off - replaced with a
7.0m Tushingham Thunderbird 2]
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Small rip in the top monofilm
panel on 9.6m Tushingham Max
whilst sailing at
Woolacombe, June, 2004.
[Duck-Taped]
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Put UJ pin through a monofilm
panel on 9.6m Tushingham Max
whilst rigging at Poole
Harbour. [Duck-Taped]
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Ripped a monofilm panel on 9.6m
Tushingham Max, 2008.
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Booms:
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Bent Bic boom whilst planing
into a sand-bar at Poole Harbour.
[Bent back into shape]
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Broke 5 year old Bic boom
whilst planing at Poole
Harbour, April 2006.
[Replaced with a Gaastra boom]
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Broke clamp on 10 month old
Gaastra boom at Poole Harbour,
February, 2007. [Repaired by
FC Watersports under warranty]
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Broke clamp on Gaastra boom at
Horton. Had to ditch the rig
at sea in the breaking waves
but it was washed up on shore.
22 June 2008.
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Broke Gaastra boom in the waves
of Swansea Bay, 1 November 2009.
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Other:
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Broke the cleat on Bic
mast-foot. [Replaced]
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Broke a Jez's Nose-Knob, 2004.
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Broke the pin off a UJ whilst
sailing at Horton. 8 December,
2007. [Replaced with a Chinook
UJ]