Signal Boat Impaled at Rolex Big Boat Series
On Saturday, September 14, Day 3 at Rolex Big Boat Series, the J/99 Mymble’s bowsprit speared the trawler Anabel. Mymble was starting in ORC C. Anabel was serving as signal boat on the start line on the Treasure Island course. Anabel is South Beach Yacht Club’s race committee boat, and this is not the first time she’s been hit and damaged while facilitating yacht races.
Video shot by race committee volunteer Moe Roddy
Mymble retired from Race 6, and missed Sunday’s Race 7. The tip of her sprit was damaged in the collision. Race committee volunteer Michael Moradzadeh reports that Anabel stayed on the course and returned the next day to complete her duties. The sprit broke Anabel’s stern quarter railing. The J/99’s hull then crunched the swim step, taking out about a foot, damaging some gelcoat too. “We lashed the rail in place. A scary time.”
For more from the regatta, see Monday’s ‘Lectronic Latitude. Look for much more in the October issue of Latitude 38, coming out on Tuesday, October 1.
They could have fallen off.. is that nice enough?
Good luck with Insurance on that one…
Looks to me like they got a puff and rounded up rather than slack the main sheet.
Was that volunteer ok?
Yes. No injuries. Just shaken up
Something must have tangled the helm/tiller? Wow!
Everything is fixable. That’s sailboat racing. Why post it when insurance is difficult to get? Seems better to not make a big deal about it with the insurance situation (pac cup etc).
We are getting new race committee boat, glad it wasn’t the new one!
Looks like they had all crew on the rail and no one ready on the main sheet.