We use a rope vang on the Yamaha 30. One nice advantage is
that you can release the foot and use the vang as a preventer
by attaching it to the toe rail.

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"Bart Senior" wrote in message
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My friend designed a boom brake and later designed a
hydraulic vang and the boom broke. Now he has a boom
brake and a broke boom!

What brands of rigid vangs do you like?

I'm trying to decide on one, or else I'll make a big rope
boom vang.

OzOne wrote

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 04:00:12 GMT, "Bart Senior"
scribbled thusly:

Do you have personal experience with this Oz?

Yep!
Though it was quite a while ago.
We worked out that the lack of shock absorbtion in the system was
causing problems with cracking booms and eventually an exploded vang.

I believe that the newer systems have overcome this.

OzOne wrote
On 15 Aug 2004 00:29:13 GMT, (SAIL LOCO) scribbled
thusly:
They want the rigging company to try one, the price through
them was way inexpensive. . . .so . .why not? Be a new
experience..

Raises the boom in light air, eliminates the toping lift AND looks
cool.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"

And shatter into a thousand pieces if to broach and chinese gybe in a
gale.

Oz1...of the 3 twins.




Oz1...of the 3 twins.

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