On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:53:52 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote:

Any specific thoughts would be greatly appreciated! I was really
having fun, but sailing without a boom isn't very appealing.

I would guess it can be welded.

On a boat and boom that small I think you could get away with filling
the end of the boom with JB Weld and then redrilling/tapping. It's
amazingly tough stuff.