Yesterday's disaster

I took a break from dinghy shopping and went kiteboarding for an hour yesterday. Not much wind, but apparently still enough for me to make a mistake and fly my kite into the water at warp speed!!

I guess it wasn't designed to deal with my mistakes. The main panel exploded leaving a four foot rip from front to back. Sort of a huge pressure relief valve, only that's not helpful in terms of getting or remaining airborne.

Another day, another repair project!

I've decided that its time to revisit the fundamentals of boat maintenance in the midst of all these breakdowns.