[quote=MN3]any boat can break there too if you dump the main with the spin out.
the main acts like a backstay.... dump that under heavy load and somethings gonna give.... maybe a mast, maybe some other slightly weaker link in your system..
[quote]Then he got caught in a stiff breeze and when he released the mainsheet
the mast broke just above the point where the stays attach..[/quote][/quote]
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