Sailing Thing #53: T-bone (and various boat repairs) (Thing that kinda sucks about sailing 3)

[shiiki]

I think it's time I got back to the challenge, after a week off. Because I have at least one more sailing-free week, I am going to remind myself of the sucky things so I don't get too antsy to be back. :P

Comments

[kp_mushu]

I've heard car crashes also called T-bones when you're hit from the side at an intersection.

I didn't know your boats used air tanks to keep afloat. That's fascinating and makes tons of sense. Just never thought about it. :)

[shiiki]

Yup, the air tanks weren't really something I thought about, even when I was a young sailor, until I saw what happened when they took in water!

[willow_wand]

I was going to say the same thing as May. When you get hit from the side in a car crash they say you got t-boned.

Do rudders snap often?

[shiiki]

That's the only one I've ever seen so far, so I would say no, but I have seen other rudders with fracture lines in them, just that we didn't use them once they looked like that.