Check out the AC 45’s best wipe out moments…….
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-FlN97Y3ok&w=560&h=315]
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This gentleman, Matt Rutherford, was originally a customer of the former Chesapeake Rigging. He had asked Chesapeake Rigging for a standard rigging inspection and stated that he had plans of crossing the Atlantic. I never met with him face to face but distinctly remember his request because it wasn’t every day that one of our customers (who…
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