My boat's spar and boom were made by Offshore Spars. They do some pretty impressive work. I was thrilled when I found that my friend's custom Morris 39' coastal cruiser had the same, exact boom as mine. But then, he has a carbon fiber mast, but that's another story....
Perusing their website, I came upon the V-Boom. It's awesome! This carbon fiber boom has some incredibly useful and cool features. First, per the name, it's a "V" that catches the mainsail. Nice. There are lazy jaack attachment points with a groove, inside them, for the sail cover; I assume the sail cover has luff tape on its edges, so it just slides on from the aft end. Very cool. Then, there's another set of grooves, outside the lazy jack attachment points, to accept awnings. Finally, there are lights built in to the boom to illuminate your evening gatherings under the awnings. Super cool!
I haven't asked for a quote yet, and I'm sure it will be more than I can afford. But I was thinking....
Do you think you could fabricate one of these in aluminum? Start with an extrusion, which is then cut and bent and welded to taper it outboard, and similarly inboard, for the gooseneck fitting. You'd have to be making several for the price of the extruding tool, and extrusion run to make sense. You could address the Beneteau and Catalina market....
http://www.offshorespars.com/booms/v-boom/
Perusing their website, I came upon the V-Boom. It's awesome! This carbon fiber boom has some incredibly useful and cool features. First, per the name, it's a "V" that catches the mainsail. Nice. There are lazy jaack attachment points with a groove, inside them, for the sail cover; I assume the sail cover has luff tape on its edges, so it just slides on from the aft end. Very cool. Then, there's another set of grooves, outside the lazy jack attachment points, to accept awnings. Finally, there are lights built in to the boom to illuminate your evening gatherings under the awnings. Super cool!
I haven't asked for a quote yet, and I'm sure it will be more than I can afford. But I was thinking....
Do you think you could fabricate one of these in aluminum? Start with an extrusion, which is then cut and bent and welded to taper it outboard, and similarly inboard, for the gooseneck fitting. You'd have to be making several for the price of the extruding tool, and extrusion run to make sense. You could address the Beneteau and Catalina market....
http://www.offshorespars.com/booms/v-boom/
