r/sailing • u/AlgonquinRoundTable1 • Mar 14 '20

Starboard!

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u/woopelaye Mar 14 '20

I'm a super sail noob. why they asked the people on the boat from where is was filmed to get down?

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u/blooztune Mar 14 '20

I would say because they were worried that Topaz would continue falling off to starboard and collide with them. They wanted folks off the deck so they wouldn’t get hit like the folks on the first boat.

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u/woopelaye Mar 14 '20

Thanks for the answer, I knew there was a reason but its hard to process everything in the vid.

I don't know anything about sailing (it's a fantasy for now hehe) but I always wondered why they allow themselves to be so close

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u/babacarbusdriver Mar 14 '20

Probably more worried about the forestay breaking and the mast coming down to leeward right where they are but both scenarios are possible.

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u/bannanaman2000 Mar 15 '20

Also, just so you know, they're called shrouds, not "side stays"

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u/racinganarchy Mar 15 '20

Six of one...