Así quedó el tope del genoa del Quantum en la tercera regata, pero tuvieron la suerte de haberlo roto a dos esloras de virar barlovento y perder tan sólo un puesto.
La inmediata respuesta interna de Quantum ante el problema (gentileza de Alejandro Yrigoyen, Quantum Argentina).
Yesterday in the 1st race we broke our Code 2 jib at the top of the first beat. This was a sail that we were experimenting with, and was the sail with the most hours in our inventory. We had our early test sails strung with 3 k carbon, and decided to test whether or not we needed to have corner patches. We knew we were pushing the envelope with this sail, but that is the reason we are here.
Even though we had a brand new Code 2 available to use, we decided to stay with our old one because it still looked perfect, and we got greedy trying to delay buttoning the new jib as long as we could. The failure had nothing to do with the lamination of the sails. The lamination on all of our sails is spectacular. It broke because we pushed a little too hard trying to save weight. The irony is that our sails consistently have been 10% to 12% lighter than the sails North is building for the TP 52's.
The new code 2 jib is strung with 6k carbon and has conventional corner patching. It is still lighter than most of the sails we are seeing from North. If you have any questions on this, contact Dave Armitage.
Everyday, a Van full of North sails are being sent to lofts for repair. Bribon, Mean Machine, Mutua, Ibridrola, Caixia, have all had major sail failures. Everyone is pushing the envelope as hard as they can. The lessons learned here are so important to the continued development of our mainstream product.
By the way! We took the jib that broke to our container, fixed it during the 2nd race and the crew sailed with it in the 3rd race of the day. The sail still looks perfect.
Ed
Even though we had a brand new Code 2 available to use, we decided to stay with our old one because it still looked perfect, and we got greedy trying to delay buttoning the new jib as long as we could. The failure had nothing to do with the lamination of the sails. The lamination on all of our sails is spectacular. It broke because we pushed a little too hard trying to save weight. The irony is that our sails consistently have been 10% to 12% lighter than the sails North is building for the TP 52's.
The new code 2 jib is strung with 6k carbon and has conventional corner patching. It is still lighter than most of the sails we are seeing from North. If you have any questions on this, contact Dave Armitage.
Everyday, a Van full of North sails are being sent to lofts for repair. Bribon, Mean Machine, Mutua, Ibridrola, Caixia, have all had major sail failures. Everyone is pushing the envelope as hard as they can. The lessons learned here are so important to the continued development of our mainstream product.
By the way! We took the jib that broke to our container, fixed it during the 2nd race and the crew sailed with it in the 3rd race of the day. The sail still looks perfect.
Ed
