Oday 22 boom securing

[kpgraci]

Hi all,

Newbie w/ questions here. The gooseneck on the boom of my 73 Oday 22 slips into an enlarged slot on the mast, then is free to slide up or down in the groove that runs top to bottom on the mast. It's upward movement is restricted by the boom vang, and its lower movement is stopped by a cleat on the mast. Now with the main sail in place the boom-mast attachment is prevented from sliding up or down by the upward pull of the sail and downward pull of the vang. Fine. Question: If the main sail is reefed using roller reefing on the boom, the vang cannot be used, so then what prevents the boom from being pulled up and ultimately out of the mast by the upward force of the sail. Without the vang there is no downward pull or anything to prevent upward travel.

Is the cleat below the boom (the one that limits its downward movement) used to tie off the boom? That would make sense, I guess, but I don't know.

The Oday 22 Operating Instructions posted in this forum's boat Info section is such poor quality as to be useless, anyone know of a better source?

Thanks,

kpg

 

[Joe11688]

Hi all,

Newbie w/ questions here. The goose neck on the boom of my 73 Oday 22 slips into an enlarged slot on the mast, then is free to slide up or down in the groove that runs top to bottom on the mast. It's upward movement is restricted by the boom vang, and its lower movement is stopped by a cleat on the mast. Now with the main sail in place the boom-mast attachment is prevented from sliding up or down by the upward pull of the sail and downward pull of the vang. Fine. Question: If the main sail is reefed using roller reefing on the boom, the vang cannot be used, so then what prevents the boom from being pulled up and ultimately out of the mast by the upward force of the sail. Without the vang there is no downward pull or anything to prevent upward travel.

Is the cleat below the boom (the one that limits its downward movement) used to tie off the boom? That would make sense, I guess, but I don't know.

The Oday 22 Operating Instructions posted in this forum's boat Info section is such poor quality as to be useless, anyone know of a better source?

Thanks,

kpg

Hi Kpg,
Evidently you are missing the "tack down haul" rope on your goose neck fitting. There should be a small hole at the bottom of the goose neck fitting where this short piece of rope is attached with a figure eight knot or any type of stopper knot. This rope could be 3/16" or 1/4" X about 24" long. After you raise your Mainsail to the top and cleat it off, you put tension on the luff of the sail by pulling down on this tack down haul rope and cleating it off on that cleat directly under the goose neck. The boom vang is used for keeping tension on the leech of the sail when the main sheet is slacked off
Have fun sailing!
Joe

 

[1977oday22]

Welcome to the forum!, Funny thing, I lived in Metairie for a few years.

 

[kpgraci]

Welcome to the forum!, Funny thing, I lived in Metairie for a few years.

Thanks!

I was born and raised in Metairie, I live in La Place now. Small world.

 

[bellnier]

I'm also a newbie with the O'Day 22. Picture below was taken yesterday and shows the way I rigged 'Greta'

 

[kpgraci]

I'm also a newbie with the O'Day 22. Picture below was taken yesterday and shows the way I rigged 'Greta'

Thanks for the pics. Also of interest to me was the mast wiring visible in your photo. I need to install a masthead and an anchor light at some point and there is no existing wiring.

I've got the tack down haul figured out now...thanks for everyone's help!

kpg

 

[bellnier]

If you look closely at the wiring in the photo you'll see that the wire from the mast is broken at the connector. The mast rewiring is part of a future project. I plan to install a VHF radio antenna, windex light and mast head light. I'm looking for a reasonably priced LED mast head light.