Windsurf Hawaii Booms

From: Edward W. Scott (shred@netcom.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Thu Aug 03 1995 - 09:55:31 PDT 

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From: "Edward W. Scott" <shred@netcom.com-DeleteThis>
Subject: Windsurf Hawaii Booms
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Anyone had any trouble with the Powertapers? On one particularly violent
slam, I busted the boom rope, and torqued the head of the booms. I have
since replaced the boom rope, but for some reason, the booms no longer sit
square on my mast, no matter how hard I crank the line. In other words,
no matter how tight the line is, there is about a 1/32" or 1/16" (don't
know if really this big) gap at the top between the mast and the clamp-on.
This results in a lot of play on my booms. The bottom of the clamp-on is
snug against the mast. Btw- I have a Powerex MCS 25, Carbon 60 (?) 460 cm
RDM mast. The mast does taper above the booms, but it did sit square
before this incident.

Could it be the hinge has been damaged? Windsurf Hawaii says there's
nothing wrong with the booms.

Thanks.

-shrEd
Ed Scott
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