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Re: boom.

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I seem to recall someone on this forum showing us how to convert a L***r cockpit into Mud guards on their road trailer. :twisted:

So at risk of being an off topic forum "Gravedigger!" :) ...

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And recently we have heard from Trebor, about how little use the laser cockpit is for anything else. :evil:

...So we have established that a good use of a l***r is for cannibalism

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Re: boom.

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trebor wrote:the teardrop alloy tubing used on light weight push bikes would be ideal then, very strong and light also only about 1mm thick.
Not as strong as you think - they often crack near the bottom bracket, and they are only stiff because they are only 2 to 3 foot long and are welded in to a triangle frame. If you had an 8 foot boom made from that section it would be as bendy as a topper boom. Crome-Moloy frames are far far stiffer, despite being half the diameter, without being heavier, but are also far more expensive.
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Re: boom.

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Hi fcbdm, the problem with boom on Aquabat is that it is over 10 feet long, most split mast sections are probably shorter.
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Re: boom.

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My Minisail boom is cut from a Solo mast which I was given, so if you are lucky, there are free or cheap unbent masts out there.

Also, a longish mast bent at deck level would still have enough straight before the taper starts.

Also (again) I wonder if an old Ali Mirror mast might work? Must be about 11 feet long.
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Re: boom.

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I have the remains of the kestrel mast, easily 10 foot, but how long it would stay in shape I can't be sure. It probably has too many holes from fittings, spreaders etc to be of any use.

Oh, and this weekend a sailor needed sixteen stitches after a clash with a challenger boom. We still haven't worked out how he got his head up that high. :cry:
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Re: boom.

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Hi nessa, thanks for consideration regarding old mast, I intend to change from aft/centre main to a true centre main, getting rid of loads of main sheet, I tend to get slack stuck on various bits of the boat, on the Laser I was getting the sheet stuck on the corners, I know some of the problem is due to lack of experience, but if the mainsheet is all in centre of boat their are less objects to snag, hence I will need a decent length of tube.
a work colleague was picked out of his dinghy by a boom on another boat, the end of the boom went under the shoulder strap on his bouyancy aid, during the melee to make a rounding.
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Re: boom.

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be careful - an aft main does a lot of work towards controlling the leech, especially on older designs. I converted the Bonito to centre main, then chaged it to the laser style arrangement just to get that leech control,back.
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Re: boom.

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Hi Nessa, I am not quite clear on how centre/aft main can have an effect on leech, I had assumed it was purely to move boom from one tack to another, purely power control.
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Re: boom.

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trebor wrote:Hi Nessa, I am not quite clear on how centre/aft main can have an effect on leech, I had assumed it was purely to move boom from one tack to another, purely power control.
The lack of leech control comes from the boom bending with centre main although for a boat like yours it probably won't matter.
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Re: boom.

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Hi Paul, I intend to fit a new boom that will not bend, the one that is on is about the same diameter as a broom stale and while adequate for original spec( Beach boat, aft rigged, simple downhaul and outhaul ) and for rigging as is now centre/aft main, it would bend like a bow if you tried a full centre main, I have at the moment a 12 foot length of 50mm alloy tubing ( new ), I will use this if necessary but if their is a better profile or if a bigger diameter tube would be better I will use that.
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Re: boom.

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Broken Laser topmast measures 3270mm from tip to break.
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Re: boom.

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Hi fbcdm, that would be plenty, what diameter is it?
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Re: boom.

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A Laser top mast would bend too much for a centre main - If I remember right, the Laser boom is a sleeved version of the same tube, and that still bends like a banana.
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Re: boom.

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Hi Rupert, with true centre main and kicker very close together, more than half the boom is going to have to control leech so has you say it is going to need to be very stiff.
Nessa, I see what you mean about centre/aft main helping with leech control, I intend to fit a much stiffer boom though.
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