Capt. Mooron wrote:
Not a chance Doug! The mechanics are all wrong and the placement is useless
for that purpose.


???

It holds up the boom, right?

Jonathan Ganz wrote:
The only way I could even contemplate that would be to disconnect it
from the base of the mast, then put it somewhere back, but I can't
imagine it would do much good.

??? ???

Have either of you all ever actually seen a solid vang?

DSK