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Jeff

wrote:
Aside from using a preventer or boom brake,
what is a simple way to ensure your boom doesn't
hit the shrouds in a hard gybe?

1 pt

Buy a catboat.

My Nonsuch, of course, didn't have a problem with stays, but the gybes
could be thunderous. The previous owner installed one of the rubber
snubbers that RB loves to absorb some of the shock.

Another trick: To reduce accidental gybe, tighten the topping lift a
lot to add twist to the sail. In this configuration, you have to be
about 30 degrees by the lee to gybe accidentally. This also raises
the boom off the water and deck.