Mast rigging with wishbone boom

[sailingdude]

This last weekend I was boating on Lake Washington in Seattle and saw a boat with a wishbone boom. I have found several articles about the wishbone boom, but I haven't found any that discuss how the mast is supported. Can anyone direct me to a reference that describes the complete rigging setup when using a wishbone boom?

Thanks,

Bob

 

[Dave Groshong]

Here's a link to the NonSuch association.....

http://www.nonsuch.org/

 

[Maine Sail]

The mast are

Free standing rigs only attached to the boat bellow decks and are specially made spars of either aluminum or carbon fiber specifically designed to be un-stayed. You can't convert a sloop spar to a wishbone rig..

 

[Steve Dion]

some direction

Bob:

There are several boats that have had an un-stayed rig over the years. Some of them have used a wishbone boom and others have used a traditional boom.

We currently have a Hunter Vision 36. It works well. Depending on the wind conditions it can be very fast, other times it is the middle of the pack. The Hunter Vision was a take off on the Freedom Yacht rig. The Hunter uses an aluminum spar while the Freedoms have carbon fiber on some if not all of their later models.