andlauer
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Bonjour
The aircraft ingeneering have defined two maintenance concepts:
- Safe life when the parts are systematically changed after there tested safe life period, independantly of there state.
- Fail safe maintenance is a litle more tricky. The aircraft is build up with redondant strength and any failure will not endanger the flight. Recurent checks must be done to detect any failure in order to change the failing part. The check period is defined in order to avoid double failures.
For the Jester Challenge I think we are in a dual logic of safe life and fail safe. Some structural parts as rigging may be changed in order to cross with sufficient safe life ahead. But recurent check should be done periodically during the crossing to detect any failure and fix it. Some Jester Challengers had broken shrouds...
As a consequence you should expect to first prepare the boat to leave in the best possible status and then spend the crossing checking and fixing all failing bits and parts.
A crossing is something like "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty".
The less equipment you have the less will fail but the more critical failures will be. An optimum, highly dependant of the skipper spirit, should be found.
Eric
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The aircraft ingeneering have defined two maintenance concepts:
- Safe life when the parts are systematically changed after there tested safe life period, independantly of there state.
- Fail safe maintenance is a litle more tricky. The aircraft is build up with redondant strength and any failure will not endanger the flight. Recurent checks must be done to detect any failure in order to change the failing part. The check period is defined in order to avoid double failures.
For the Jester Challenge I think we are in a dual logic of safe life and fail safe. Some structural parts as rigging may be changed in order to cross with sufficient safe life ahead. But recurent check should be done periodically during the crossing to detect any failure and fix it. Some Jester Challengers had broken shrouds...
As a consequence you should expect to first prepare the boat to leave in the best possible status and then spend the crossing checking and fixing all failing bits and parts.
A crossing is something like "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty".
The less equipment you have the less will fail but the more critical failures will be. An optimum, highly dependant of the skipper spirit, should be found.
Eric
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