- Aug 10, 2010
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Happy Thanksgiving,
So last summer I "built" a soft boom vang for our '82 H36. I attached it to the boom temporarily with a strap to test functionality. Seems to work rather well, so I am now contemplating a more permanent attachment point. Rig Rite sells an internal boom bail for the Kenyon 3756 Boom...last year it was $79 and I thought that was pricey, now it's $140. So my cheap side is kicking in and am wondering if a standard boom bail (externally mounted similar to what is used for the main sheets) would be just as effective, strong, etc. Rig Rite wants $120 for those, but Defender has a similar sized version for about $43 - which seems rather reasonable. (Ronstan RF1048 - should fit this particular boom size). I realize the main sheet is attached to the boom using these external bails but there are three of them, so I presume that spreads the load accordingly. Any opinions on if a single external bail would be prudent for a boom vang? It's location is much closer to the mast, so the forces I think would be the much higher...but I'm no mechanical engineer. Thoughts?
So last summer I "built" a soft boom vang for our '82 H36. I attached it to the boom temporarily with a strap to test functionality. Seems to work rather well, so I am now contemplating a more permanent attachment point. Rig Rite sells an internal boom bail for the Kenyon 3756 Boom...last year it was $79 and I thought that was pricey, now it's $140. So my cheap side is kicking in and am wondering if a standard boom bail (externally mounted similar to what is used for the main sheets) would be just as effective, strong, etc. Rig Rite wants $120 for those, but Defender has a similar sized version for about $43 - which seems rather reasonable. (Ronstan RF1048 - should fit this particular boom size). I realize the main sheet is attached to the boom using these external bails but there are three of them, so I presume that spreads the load accordingly. Any opinions on if a single external bail would be prudent for a boom vang? It's location is much closer to the mast, so the forces I think would be the much higher...but I'm no mechanical engineer. Thoughts?
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