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What are the benefits of Rigid Boom Vangs?

What are the various types?

How do they compare with conventional Vangs/Topping Lifts?

Is there a Rigid Boom Vang that eliminates the weaknesses of
a rigid design?

How do these compare with a "Push Down" type boom vang?

"Bart Senior" wrote in message
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What are the benefits of Rigid Boom Vangs? Holds boom in a fixed vertical
plane

What are the various types? Hydraulic, Block and Tackle, Combinaton

How do they compare with conventional Vangs/Topping Lifts? Provide bi
directional adjustment in all horizontal planes

Is there a Rigid Boom Vang that eliminates the weaknesses of
a rigid design?

Don't know but I hope it's Selden as that's what I got.

How do these compare with a "Push Down" type boom vang?

????

What are the benefits of Rigid Boom Vangs?..

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

I'd never thought of using one. But the rigging company who is doing the
work on the boat was offered a deal from the manufacturer when they ordered
the new boom. They want the rigging company to try one, the price through
them was way inexpensive. . . .so . .why not?

Be a new experience.

M.

"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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What are the benefits of Rigid Boom Vangs?..

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

They want the rigging company to try one, the price through
them was way inexpensive. . . .so . .why not? Be a new experience..

Raises the boom in light air, eliminates the toping lift AND looks cool.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"

On 14 Aug 2004 13:56:28 GMT, (SAIL LOCO) wrote this
crap:

What are the benefits of Rigid Boom Vangs?..

Looks cool.


Carefull. Jon-boy thinks anything rigid looks cool.






Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Horass, this really sounds gay... time to go back on your
meds.

In article ,
Horvath wrote:
On 14 Aug 2004 13:56:28 GMT, (SAIL LOCO) wrote this
crap:

What are the benefits of Rigid Boom Vangs?..

Looks cool.


Carefull. Jon-boy thinks anything rigid looks cool.






Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!


--
Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m)
http://www.sailnow.com
"If there's no wind, row."

And shatter into a thousand pieces if to broach and chinese gybe in a
gale.

Hasn't happened to my Quick Vang. We've done a couple of pole in the water
auto jibes with the chute up with no damage.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"

BB,

Don't bother with anymore replies. Doug knows he FU and is trying to get
a reply that he can bebunk.

The example of the plank supported at both ends is good for the Topping
lift at the end of the boom. It doesn't hold for the Solid vang. With a
solid vang one of the horses would have to be done away with.

Doug knows that. Its just to much for him to admit, as stated
originally, that a rigid vang cannot give the same lifting power as a
topping reinforced main at the end

Ole Thom.

Thom Stewart wrote:
BB,

Don't bother with anymore replies.

Yes. Please.

... Doug knows he FU and is trying to get
a reply that he can bebunk.

???

So far I haven't "debunked" anything. I have tried to explain some basic
engineering.


The example of the plank supported at both ends is good for the Topping
lift at the end of the boom. It doesn't hold for the Solid vang. With a
solid vang one of the horses would have to be done away with.

???

A better analogy would be a plank locked in place at one end, and
supported somewhere along it's length.


Doug knows that. Its just to much for him to admit, as stated
originally, that a rigid vang cannot give the same lifting power as a
topping reinforced main at the end

Yes it can, and many of them do.

DSK