Has anybody installed a boom vang on there Catalina 310? Other boats with furling main sails have boom vangs so why doesn't the 310?
Boom Vang
- Thread starter thundermist
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How long have you owned the boat? We have the traditional main, not the in-mast version. But our boat came with a ridged boom vang. It's listed as part of the standard equipment on the factory information.
I had the boat since last season. Ours has the in-mast main. We also have the ridged vang. I don't understand why not an adjustable vang?
This shows the vang. The control line runs from the vang to a turning block at the base of the mast, and then to the port side of the cockpit.
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Thanks...The only adjustment I can make is to twist it to another position. I don't have any lines to it. The PO bought the boat new. Very strange...I've always sailed with an adjustable vang. I want to change to the the type like yours but now I need to rig the adjusting blocks on the mast and boom.
That helps alot! I see that the vang we have is NOT the correct one and that we already have the rigging on the boat back to the cockpit to handle it! I don't have to drill any holes in either the mast or the boom. With a furling main I'd rather stay away from any drilling into the mast. Is that a stock Catalina vang?
I agree...I have a topping lift as well. I find the main could use some better shape at times. My other boats had vangs. I had a Bristol 29.9 that didn't have a vang. I installed a vang along with a boom kicker. Worked well. I didn't need the topping lift to keep the boom off the bimini. The vang also helped going down wind.
