Tanzer 16, 300 miles of open water -- follow-up damage

Tanzer 16, 300 miles of open water -- follow-up damage -- March 28, 2016  Just received an email from Brian Mrachek.  When he got home from his Everglades Challenge...his email explains it best:

I started checking the rigging to see how the boat fared in the race.  Looks like it was a good thing we retired when we did.  The swivel that connects the mast to the furling (forestay) cracked.  I'm not sure when it happened but I don't think it would have made it another 100 miles.

I attached a picture of it.

Brian Mrachek

I just bought one of these and I can testify that it is a pretty skookum piece of
metal.  It saw a lot of stress.