[quote=MN3]again really sorry to hear - this hurts
I have seen p19 do this before. we had 2 friends on the wire and the p19 buckled right there. they heard the sound and hit the brakes. they didn't have a full failure but it was creased and had to be fixed. At that time we found out this was a known issue
i have had 2 tangs fail on my 5.5 - 1 side, 1 bow
both times were at very low stress moments on the boat: once was at anchor, the bow tang went out in a 5 knot gybe
both required surgery, the bow tang being by far the most
for the bow tang ... after removing decks (not so cleanly) i saw a ton of cracks in the bulkhead under my beam (where 5 years earlier i had to cut through to repair the broken shroud tang), so I made some new/additional bulkheads (i wish i had the info posted above, but i had some guidance)
in retro- i would have skinned/vac bagged the bulkheads : i wanted to save weight but would rather have the strength with hindsight
lots of images here are missing but for whatever it's worth ...
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