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| Author: | ALEXSAILS [ Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | H16 boom vang????? |
Hi, Why does my H16 boom has an angled bail about a foot and a half from the gooseneck like it was meant for a vang?? Did early H16's use a boom vang? thanks! |
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| Author: | MBounds [ Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:57 pm ] |
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Older 16's did have a tang for a boom vang. Nobody uses one anymore and the new boats do not have the tang. |
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| Author: | ALEXSAILS [ Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:03 am ] |
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Thanks!, Ill just drill the rivets out to remove it. |
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| Author: | tjp [ Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:16 am ] |
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ALEXSAILS wrote: Thanks!, Ill just drill the rivets out to remove it.
Good call - I have to remove mine, it's a good place for the crew to smack their head on. Last weekend, I wish I'd had a boom vang on the H17 I was sailing. About two gybes after rounding the A mark on a long-distance race, PWANG the blocks were no longer attached to the traveller! The pin had come out. I manage to tie the blocks to the traveller but it meant I couldn't adjust it and was stuck with it centered. I made a slightly slower return trip than I'd liked - if I'd had somewhere to tie a line I'd be able to make an improvised vang... I think the lesson is more "check the ring-ding on the main traveller" more than get a boom vang bail, but still... |
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