[quote=MN3]sm - Let me start this with this disclaimer: i have seen your posts for years, i know you are a skilled sailor, i agree with just about everything you post:
[quote]That picture shows the dolphin striker post pulled forward - most likely caused by someone connecting their trailer winch to the bottom of the dolphin striker assembly and using it to pull the boat up onto the trailer.[/quote]
I thought it looked slanted too - This is Philip's Nacra, I don't know what the story is with it
[quote]Since the righting line is thrown over the hull, any load on the post would be lateral, not fore/aft. The dolphin striker rod (or strap in the case of your picture) acts to stabilize the bottom of the post laterally, so bending the post sideways would be very unlikely[/quote]
I have seen people slide off their hulls during righting, i have seen people try to right the boat in the wrong direction and have their boat take off as soon as it rights - trying to hold on by the righting line
I have seen people sail away with the righting bag still attached, i have personally had a righting bag fall overboard after righting - several of these scenarios could lead to forces being applied directly to the bottom of the DS, pulling it in a front/aft motion - too risky for me
[quote]but Hobie sailors have been tying righting lines to the dolphin striker for decades.[/quote]
I am aware - I was instructed to do this when i started beachcats 20 years ago
it is still too sensitive of a location for me to risk damage - esp when there is a tie off spot 3" above it (on the mast ball)[/quote]
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