The Hoyt boom is fixed in it's plane of rotation. In other words,
while a garden-variety staysail boom swingt side to side, and it also
lifts up & down.

Bobsprit wrote:
And this excluded it from a discussion on staysails WHY???

It doesn't.

That's why I mentioned it.

I don't know why you claimed to know all about it, when you didn't
know (and still don't comprehend) what makes it different.



I did already, Doug.

Already did what?

You got three chances to explain the difference between a Hoyt boom
and other types.... thundering silence.... kind of like when you
claimed Robert Perry said a Beneteau 35s5 has an IOR-influenced
tucked



BTW, since you claim to have sailed the A28, please explain how the
jib boom was in your way on the boat?


It's in the way of anybody who tries ot work on the foredeck.

..... I have never heard this
complaint before on a boat designed for sailors to sail from the
cockpit.


Maybe they never docked or anchored the boat. How about you?

BTW I've not only sailed the Shumacher designed Alerion Express 28,
but an original Herreshoff Alerion, and I had a chance to chat briefly
with Carl Shumacher about comparing the designs, back when it was a
new boat. Oh wait, that's dropping names again isn't it? Sorry.

DSK