I think you underestimate the strength of an aluminum boom slot. It would
take an act of congress to pull a slug or bolt rope out of it. Your clew strap
is only cosmetic, I'm afraid. There is no way to tie it tightly enough for it
to take any meaningful strain off the slot.

CN


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
Neal,
The Clew strap isn't for the sail!! It is FOR THE BOOM. A boom that was
meant to take a bolt rope footed main is compromised badly with a free
footed, two point vertical down hold. The Clew strap takes the strain
away from the BOOM SLOT. A single slug helps (?) but for the price of a
small piece of line or a strap, that slides on the boom and lets the
outhaul do the job it was intended to do is my choice.

Hope you never need it.

Ole Thom


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"otnmbrd" wrote in message ink.net...
Capt. Neal® wrote:
Pilot houses are inherently dangerous because they limit one's
ability to hear outside noises and they limit visibility. They are
no substitute for sitting in the cockpit steering with a tiller as
God intended man to sail.

BULLCRAP.
EG That's what you have "lookouts" for.
Better one person can stay warm/cool and dry to concentrate on the overall picture.

otn

The picture on the television screen while watching that VCR nudie movie?
I know what you so-called professionals are doing in the pilot house and
most of the time it is anything but piloting.

CN

"Capt. Neal®" wrote


BULLCRAP.
EG That's what you have "lookouts" for.
Better one person can stay warm/cool and dry to concentrate on the
overall picture.

otn

The picture on the television screen while watching that VCR nudie movie?
I know what you so-called professionals are doing in the pilot house and
most of the time it is anything but piloting.

CN

ROFL You need to get up to date. We use DVD's now so we can play them on the
bridge computer, next to the integrated chartplotter, radar, GPS display.

You're getting old, Neal. Took you 2 days to come up with that lame
response.

otn