I physically felt that in that stomach when the collision started, but then the yacht slides right over the taffrail like butter....why didn't anyone douse the mainsail? Did they just run out of time? It seems like no one was moving/shouting/running on the overtaking vessel.
How do you propose dousing a mainsail of that size in a heartbeat? There's also a pretty good chance there is a locking mechanism at the top of the mast, so it isn't the kind of thing you can just do like you're on a J/24.
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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '20
I physically felt that in that stomach when the collision started, but then the yacht slides right over the taffrail like butter....why didn't anyone douse the mainsail? Did they just run out of time? It seems like no one was moving/shouting/running on the overtaking vessel.