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Subject: [worldcruising] Solent Headsail
From: Evert Volkersz (evolkersz@XXX.XXX)
Date: Wed Jan 03 2001 - 11:23:13 EST
What is a Solent Headsail, as noted in the following report on The Race,
part of which has been copied from Scuttlebutt
(join-scuttlebutt@XXX.XXX I have not found
the term in any of the books I consulted.
"'PlayStation' skipper Steve Fossett has just advised RACE directors Denis
Horeau and David Adams that the maxi-cat must put into port in Gibraltar
later this afternoon to replace the mainsail plus some headsails. The new
Cuben Fiber mainsail first reef clew has torn out. This was the second sail
drama in as many days, as the head pulled out of the solent headsail on
Sunday night (subsequently repaired)."
"...The loss of the solent on the first night explains the 125' (38.1m)
cat's
relatively slow 1st day - but the real setback will now be the mandatory 48
hour stopover (under the RACE rules) for any 'assisted' stop."
Evert
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