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Re: Sunsail 444
[Re: kneafseym]
#44577
03/09/2015 10:32 PM
03/09/2015 10:32 PM
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kneafseym said: George, the early boats, perhaps 20-30 had issues with voids in the hulls causing compression from the chain plates. R&C sent over a team to address this issue which was causing rig failures. Geoff Williams the surveyor was the one that did the survey work with R&C, so he know more about the important stuff that someone that has chartered the boat. I had some worries about the early rig failures and actually called Geoff today. He said they reworked the early boats and incorporated a redesign on the later boats with no issues since. Still the rig looks awful light to me compared to the Voyage 440. I knocked out 850 miles in 3.5 days in the Voyage boat reaching in 18 to 20 knots of wind with a chute. Not sure I would trust that in the 444. G
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