booms and masts

From: Rick Cattell (rcattell@attglobal.net-DeleteThis)
Date: Tue Oct 05 1999 - 06:52:39 PDT


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From: Rick Cattell <rcattell@attglobal.net-DeleteThis>
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Subject: booms and masts
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Does anyone know of any data on different brands of booms and
masts, and their durability? I broke both a mast and a boom
out by the channel at 3rd Avenue this season. Both times the
breaks were in unfortunate spots, so I couldn't manage to repair
them on the water, and both times I had to derig and paddle back
for over an hour in a flood tide. And both times the equipment
were less than a year old (but I sail a lot).

Maybe some magazine did a comparison?

Rick.



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