rigs dropping like flies

Today was windy. On my drive down to the yacht club (thanks ricky for the car) I got a call from Mike Kalin asking if I was near the water as he had earlier received a panicked call from coach Tommy. "Almost out of batteries, on rocks, anchorning, help" was the gist of the call. When I finally found my way to the club I ran into Tommy and was glad to learn he was alright. The trouble seems to have come from a missing pin in the throttle complex causing the engine only to work in reverse. By the time I had rigged and dressed Tommy had found another ride for the day. By the time I sailed out of the harbour that boat was in use towing Bernie back to the beach after he lost his rig, by the time I'd done one race, Dave was being towed in after similarly losing his rig. I was the last Canadian on the water and got in a few good laps of the windy course before I yelled to tommy "Im heading in!" At which point I gybed and my mast broke at the deck. A quick tow in, help from some friends and I was on the beach getting sorted for tomorrow.