What happened to the boom? It appears to be fine to me.

SD

OzOne wrote in message news
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:06:40 -0500, Capt. Neal®
scribbled thusly:

There are very few people in this pathetic group who appreciate
fine workmanship and innovation.

Bwaaahahahahahhahahahahahahaaaaa!

No finer example will you find than the workmanship and innovation
required to produce this

http://tinyurl.com/6zz9x

a boom to take ones breath away!


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

Oh, I see the kink. How did it happen?

"Sailing Dave" wrote in message
...
What happened to the boom? It appears to be fine to me.

SD

OzOne wrote in message
news
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:06:40 -0500, Capt. Neal®
scribbled thusly:

There are very few people in this pathetic group who appreciate
fine workmanship and innovation.

Bwaaahahahahahhahahahahahahaaaaa!

No finer example will you find than the workmanship and innovation
required to produce this

http://tinyurl.com/6zz9x

a boom to take ones breath away!


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

It happened because of the incompetence of the skipper. He doesn't have
enough $$ to replace it, so he "fixed" it.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Sailing Dave" wrote in message
...
Oh, I see the kink. How did it happen?

"Sailing Dave" wrote in message
...
What happened to the boom? It appears to be fine to me.

SD

OzOne wrote in message
news
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:06:40 -0500, Capt. Neal®
scribbled thusly:

There are very few people in this pathetic group who appreciate
fine workmanship and innovation.

Bwaaahahahahahhahahahahahahaaaaa!

No finer example will you find than the workmanship and innovation
required to produce this

http://tinyurl.com/6zz9x

a boom to take ones breath away!


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

It broke in two at the aft bale where there was corrosion under the bale.
I was beating out St. Augustine inlet in half a gale one afternoon when
it let go while taking and hitting a big steep wave at the same time.

I fixed it by inserting three galvanized iron pipes of the right size to fill
up the egg-shaped extrusion of the aluminum boom and fitting it back
together. I then drilled and tapped through the aluminum boom into the
iron pipes to fit the bales so they were anchored to the inside pipes.

Much stronger system than original. All these putzes around here are
jealous because it cost me about ten buck to improve my boom while
they would have gone out and spent hundreds on another weak boom.

CN

"Sailing Dave" wrote in message ...
What happened to the boom? It appears to be fine to me.

SD

OzOne wrote in message news
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:06:40 -0500, Capt. Neal®
scribbled thusly:

There are very few people in this pathetic group who appreciate
fine workmanship and innovation.

Bwaaahahahahahhahahahahahahaaaaa!

No finer example will you find than the workmanship and innovation
required to produce this

http://tinyurl.com/6zz9x

a boom to take ones breath away!


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

Crap'n Neal® wrote:
It broke in two at the aft bale where there was corrosion under the bale.
I was beating out St. Augustine inlet in half a gale one afternoon when
it let go while taking and hitting a big steep wave at the same time.


Half a gale? Let's see, that would be about 17 knots of wind... a
pleasant breeze for sailing most boats...

http://www.stormfax.com/beaufort.htm

BTW if you've tacked out of St Augustine inlet, then you should be able
to describe it to us.

I fixed it by inserting three galvanized iron pipes

You mean "fixed" in the same sense as being "in a fix" or perhaps
"fixing" a pet.

DSK

While sailing yesterday, the winds were about 15-20kts. It was no big deal,
even outside the Gate with a storm coming, thus the wave action was picking
up... 30 ft boat. Neal wouldn't have lasted 10 minutes. Half a gale...
bwahahahahaaaaaa....

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"DSK" wrote in message
.. .
Crap'n Neal® wrote:
It broke in two at the aft bale where there was corrosion under the bale.
I was beating out St. Augustine inlet in half a gale one afternoon when
it let go while taking and hitting a big steep wave at the same time.


Half a gale? Let's see, that would be about 17 knots of wind... a pleasant
breeze for sailing most boats...

http://www.stormfax.com/beaufort.htm

BTW if you've tacked out of St Augustine inlet, then you should be able to
describe it to us.

I fixed it by inserting three galvanized iron pipes

You mean "fixed" in the same sense as being "in a fix" or perhaps "fixing"
a pet.

DSK