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As I have removed the top row of switches, if one was to fail on a long trip I’d be in trouble… thankfully I can now carry two spares in the travel case permanently !

This happened after only 7 months of sailing in UK south east. It is the first base I own, and the first tendon base ( the club I’m at uses boge rubber ones). I knew it’s a good practice to replace once a year, so I wasn’t even inspecting it, although on the session it happened and the one before I could hear some random creaking noises which in retrospect must have been from here. Rope held for sailing back. I only just now started reading about boge vs tendon, and it seems that boge is probably a better option for bump and jump / choppy / wave conditions, with tendons being regarded better for speed sailing ? Is this accurate? Will probably switch to the duotone base + boge..