Comment on Sydney to Hobart tragedy: Two dead after being hit by sail boom
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 3 weeks agoNot a sailor so excuse my ignorance. But do they wear helmets? Is the boom padded?
Comment on Sydney to Hobart tragedy: Two dead after being hit by sail boom
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 3 weeks agoNot a sailor so excuse my ignorance. But do they wear helmets? Is the boom padded?
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No to both, questions are always welcome.
Only on larger ships of yore would the sail be above head level, death by sail concussion was a problem on smaller board for millennia.