oh c***

[neal_gibson]

well all great sails end in tradedgy i guess

woops was the expression i believe

[tim_unerman]

Ouch unlucky

[smight at bbsc]

Bad luck mate. Looks like an insurance job to me.

[ross_burkin]

  Not nice. You better change your signature from "resident sail maker" to "resident sail destroyer".

[neal_gibson]

yep might have to speak to them like not looking good though for fixing it.

all the joys of insurance i guess.

my local nickname is dark destroyer like

[iain_christie]

Yikes!

What happened?

[daniel_kemble]

That must have been some serious accident to break those redeyes. I have had a set and they were pretty tough

[neal_gibson]

big gust no kite up as we were reaching about before the start big nosedive followed by crew goign forwards resulting in capsize

myself looking to pick a spot clear of the boat just clipped the leech with a flailing arm put a tear there then when we recovered from the capsize one gust and it went and ripped right across

but the wipeout was pretty spectacular

kinda like the following sequence but with a cherub