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In my experience, boom breakage - and other gear depends on how hard you
use/abuse your gear. Jumping high and learning new moves with
high impact, like looping or jump jibes, stresses the boom and will
make it break sooner. I am pretty heavy, 207#, and go through my
booms pretty fast - replace them at least every two years, usually
once a season. I also sail about 50x/year - more if the weather and work
permit - wherever the wind blows, prefferably the coast. For larger sails,
where you jump less, my booms have lasted 4 years so far.
Other observations about booms:
Windsurfing Hawaii - good booms, power taper is good but breaks faster
Chinook - great value, the small diam. ones bend faster
Fibersnap - seemed to last the longest considering the abuse. On larger
sails,
these definately offer better performance as they are stiffer.
Zeev.
so far I haven't heard about the new carbon front being broken (
NP/Fiberspar boom). It's not unusual to brake the aluminum one. I've
broken a few and I'm only 145lb.
vlad
On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, David R. Fielder wrote:
> Just broke third carbon boom in about as many years (just snapped at head
> end, followed by tail end, but manuf is being accommodating, so no
negative
> comments). Was on "wrong" tack and far from home, so used derig/boom
flip
> and sailed home in harness with broken off half stashed in footstrap - it
> worked!
>
> Question is, what boom do larger guys (Justin?) use that seem to last
> longer, particularly for 6.5-7.5 sails? Carbon vs. Aluminum and new
carbon
> front end comments? I use this boom about 50x per season in Berkeley
chop,
> mostly.
>
> Also, does anyone have a 6ft boom for sale?
>
> Final comment re yesterday's separated mastbase ordeal at Crissy. Seems
> like everyone should use two bolt bases to avoid just that accident of
> slipping out?
>
> Thanks for any advice you can share...
> David
Vladimir Moroz <moroz@me62.lbl.gov-DeleteThis> on 07/30/98 12:31:06 PM
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Subject: Re: Boom Recommendations? + Mastbase Comment
so far I haven't heard about the new carbon front being broken (
NP/Fiberspar boom). It's not unusual to brake the aluminum one. I've
broken a few and I'm only 145lb.
vlad
On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, David R. Fielder wrote:
> Just broke third carbon boom in about as many years (just snapped at head
> end, followed by tail end, but manuf is being accommodating, so no
negative
> comments). Was on "wrong" tack and far from home, so used derig/boom
flip
> and sailed home in harness with broken off half stashed in footstrap - it
> worked!
>
> Question is, what boom do larger guys (Justin?) use that seem to last
> longer, particularly for 6.5-7.5 sails? Carbon vs. Aluminum and new
carbon
> front end comments? I use this boom about 50x per season in Berkeley
chop,
> mostly.
>
> Also, does anyone have a 6ft boom for sale?
>
> Final comment re yesterday's separated mastbase ordeal at Crissy. Seems
> like everyone should use two bolt bases to avoid just that accident of
> slipping out?
>
> Thanks for any advice you can share...
> David
>
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