[C320-list] Bent wind instrument

[Chris Burti]

Ours was destroyed by birds...bad luck...
Chris Burti
Farmville, NC



On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 9:10 AM Troy Dunn <troutwarrior at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Our wind instrument has been misbehaving the last few weeks.    Turns
> out...our wind instrument is bent about 20 degrees to port.   I say bent as
> the strut is pointing that way and I can't think of a way it would have
> rotated into that position (maybe a loose set screw?).   I have a suspicion
> that the resident osprey who has a habit of sitting on mast heads could be
> to blame or perhaps one of the many bald eagles that seem to be spending
> more and more time in the marina of late.   Tomorrow I'll move the boat
> over to the lift area and "the guy" will get up in the bucket to see what
> is actually going on up there.   Good news is...I'll install a new LED
> anchor light and a new deck light (it stopped working last month).
>
> Has anyone else experienced bird damage like this?   Is there another way
> to end up with this problem?  Grrrrr….
>
> Troy Dunn
> S/V Wonky Dog
> Hull #514
>