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Small update here. Update direct from Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss repairs
Small update here. Update direct from Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss repairs
Has anyone checked if he's posted a few questions on the PBO forum for advice ?
Design team, or build team, or an un-noticed collision, or undetected damage from the TJV incident.... Or just the result of pushing the envelope? Seems pretty harsh to just slam the design team based on the tiny scraps of info we have right now.
To all those saying that he should have done more races... Remember that the plan was to do all the races before they hit a UFO on the TJV and had to rebuild the bottom of the boat. The boat has still done more offshore miles than most of the people posting on this thread...
And then remember that the boat that did all those races and more, and was the fully justified favourite had it's own pretty big structural failure less than 48 hours in when the main track parted company with the boat.
This is gutting for Alex, but I don't think that the game is up yet.
That was yesterdays news , hope he isba bit further on than that by nowNow moving at 4-6knts
Small update here. Update direct from Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss repairs
link ??New video on the hub shows the extent of the damage, it's pretty dramatic!
I've never seen structure like that in the front of a boat before. That's immense... The loads that it's designed for must be scary, so assuming there's no build fault, the loads that broke it... Wow.Having now seen the video of the extensive cracks in the bow beams, I am full of admiration for AT's positive attitude. However if anyone now thinks the strength of the design was adequate they must believe in fairies.
Are those carbon fibre structures solid or cored in some way? I wouldn't blame anyone for the breakages but theory and CAD is one thing and being bashed about in the sea is another. I've always subscribed to the idea of empirical calculation of boat structures where experience is everything., however when on the leading edge experience isn't there of course.I've never seen structure like that in the front of a boat before. That's immense... The loads that it's designed for must be scary, so assuming there's no build fault, the loads that broke it... Wow.
Are those carbon fibre structures solid or cored in some way? I wouldn't blame anyone for the breakages but theory and CAD is one thing and being bashed about in the sea is another. I've always subscribed to the idea of empirical calculation of boat structures where experience is everything., however when on the leading edge experience isn't there of course.
I thought that these were in the hull rather than the longitudinals though...Well they had quite a bit of experience to go on because other similar French boats had structural failures in the bow section earlier this year which were strengthened.