<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Frank,<div><br></div><div>Jagged metal and bare toe. Ouch!</div><div><br></div><div>Pat</div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 9, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Frank Lawler wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div class="hmmessage"><div dir="ltr"> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 12pt; font-family:Calibri } --></style> <div dir="ltr">Tackful's forestay fitting broke on our way home after racing on Saturday. Fortunately the jib was up and held the mast in place until I could rig additional support. The forestay tang broke where it joins the well-supported base, which must be the point where metal fatigue cause by 25 years of hard sailing is concentrated. I suppose that a stress crack developed, after which internal corrosion led to eventual failure. Not all our boats have a forestay fitting with an extended tang like Tackful's, but those that do may merit close examination. </div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">Frank Lawler</div><div dir="ltr">Tackful</div> </div></div> <span><Tackful forestay.JPG></span>_______________________________________________<br>Tuna mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Tuna@myfleet.org">Tuna@myfleet.org</a><br>http://myfleet.org/mailman/listinfo/tuna<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>