Let'em Yelp!... it gives them a vent for their over pressured spleens.
I mean really... how much pressure can be exerted on that boom anyway.
Next thing you know they'll be wailing about the need for carbon fiber on an
optimist!!


CM

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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| One of these days I might get a new boom but until the original
| shows some proneness to failure I'll stick with it.
|
| I bet if I went out and bought a nice new fancy and strong boom
| you idiots would be jumping all over me for wasting money on
| an expensive boom for a 'worthless' boat. I know how you are.
|
| You're not like sailors (except for Jeff, Mooron and a few others)
| and that's for sure!
|
| S.Simon - repairing and sailing is better than buying new and
| sailing. It builds character on both the ship and the
| captain.
|
|
| "SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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| Ya know a new boom section for that boat would probably only have cost
you a
| couple of hundred bucks. A new section would have been lighter,
stiffer,
| stronger and much safer.
| S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
| Trains are a winter sport
|
|

how much pressure can be exerted on that boom anyway.

I'd be willing to bet quite a bit with mid boom sheeting in a big air auto
jibe.


S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
Trains are a winter sport

"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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| how much pressure can be exerted on that boom anyway.
|
| I'd be willing to bet quite a bit with mid boom sheeting in a big air auto
| jibe.

Pl-l-u-u-u-e-e-e-e-e-z-z-z..... My pet duck has more canvas on it's bunk
than Neal's boat!
Two clothespins and a length of Bamboo would be overkill already!!!!

CM