RE: cracked boom
Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:24:22 -0800
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>Hi again Ed,
>
>Have you considered replacing your wooden boom with an aluminum one? it would
>be a lot less work than doing what I suggested to repair it. Not as pretty
>though.
>
>Harry posted a link to a spar manufacturer not too long ago, IM sells
>replacement booms at a reasonable price , or I have a used P-19 boom with
>gooseneck available if you live near SF Bay.
>
>Judith Blumhorst, DC
>HMS19/P19 Fleet Capt., Potter's Yachters
>WWp-19 #266 "Red Wing"
>SF Bay, CA
Judith=
Ed's boat is apparently a gunter rig like mine, which means he also has a
wooden mast and wooden gunter yard. The wooden boom has a groove for the
bolt rope in the gunter rig main. I find the wooden boom much easier to
work with than the aluminum boom on my lateen rig. It's easier to attach
things securely. And it does look nicer. Its gooseneck interfaces with the
track on the gunter mast. There wouldn't be much advantage to the aluminum
boom unless he wanted to change the whole rig to the modern version.
Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA