Received: from hplabs.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA24357; Tue, 15 Nov 1994 12:55:57 -0800 Return-Path: <harry@clarity.com-DeleteThis> Received: from clarity.com (GROVER.CLARITY.COM) by hplabs.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.10G/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1SU) id AA083552956; Tue, 15 Nov 1994 12:55:56 -0800 Received: from calloway.clarity.com by clarity.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA14566; Tue, 15 Nov 94 12:19:44 PST Received: by calloway.clarity.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA08356; Tue, 15 Nov 94 12:55:36 PST Date: Tue, 15 Nov 94 12:55:36 PST From: harry@clarity.com-DeleteThis (Harry Burks) Message-Id: <9411152055.AA08356@calloway.clarity.com-DeleteThis> X-Mailer: Clarity Rapport [2.3.0 (11/14/94) ] To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Dynafiber booms Cc:
> > Are the latest models of FiberSpar booms still prone to failure?
> Apparently the 94s are fine. ASD (the largest Fiberspar dealer on the
> West Coast, I think John said) says they have gotten no '94 returns. By
> contrast, they think they replaced most of the '93s under warranty.
FiberSpars are great booms, but probably NOT for heavyweight, agressive sailors. Big sail, flat
water, slalom sailing, maybe. Anything remotely risky, no way. After breaking a '94 this year
(at the aluminum head, probably due to a minor slam), I converted to Chinook. Not as nice, but
my hard core buddies have trouble breaking them, and I haven't broken one yet....
The issue is not the carbon arms, but the slender aluminum near the head. It was disappointing,
because everything else about them (adjustment, grip, and clamp) really is great.
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