OzOne wrote in message ...
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:02:34 -0500, Capt. Neal®
scribbled thusly:



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


Nah, we would have gone out, bought an extrusion and refitted it with
corrosion protection.

Thereafter it would have been examined at least annually to ensure
that it would never break again.



Yah Right! Take the thing off and get it x-rayed annually.

Why bother when you could insert unbreakable steel Joe would be
proud of and solve the problem once and for all times.

CN

Neal,

Has it ever crossed your one track mind that Booms are made of Aluminum
for a good reason? They are even being made of Carbonfibre to get extra
light weight. Have you even thought to ask why?

Ole Thom