Boom Question

Spooner (spooner@gateway.net)
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 20:52:50 -0600


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I posted a question earlier this evening about the capture system on my
P19 Since then I think I answered my own question about the little
stopper thing that slides into the groove running up the mast to keep
the sail slugs fromsliding all the way out, I thought it went under the
boom to hold it up but that would defeat the purpose of the capture
system because the sail would spill out when you lower it. OK but when
I drop the main what keeps the boom at the mast from laying on the deck.
I do have the topping lift but that just supports the back. Do I need
another one of those little doo-hickeys with the little thumbwheel that
locks in the groove?
Thanks again to the group!
John...CO P-19 1091