Return-Path: <jmorris@cup.hp.com-DeleteThis> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis [15.0.168.176]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id OAA14132 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:23:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas1.agilent.com (msgbas1.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.58]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id OAA16538 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:23:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palrel3.hp.com (palrel3.hp.com [156.153.255.226]) by msgbas1.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 046382B9 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 15:23:19 -0600 (MDT) Received: from hpvablab.cup.hp.com (hpvablab.cup.hp.com [15.14.120.90]) by palrel3.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 382EF130 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:23:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cup.hp.com (jm741551.cup.hp.com [15.14.120.245]) by hpvablab.cup.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18546)/8.9.3 SMKit7.02) with ESMTP id OAA05880 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:23:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <397CB5A7.BF309395@cup.hp.com-DeleteThis> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:31:19 -0700 From: "John V. Morris" <jmorris@cup.hp.com-DeleteThis> Reply-To: john_v_morris@hp.com-DeleteThis Organization: Hewlett Packard X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: protecting new fiberspar boom References: <E13FqcR-00076g-00@jbox.jline.com-DeleteThis> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> however, after taking it out for the first, i've already ripped some
> of the foam grip material where the harness line attached to the
> boom.
> is there any preventative measure i can take, such as wrapping the
> boom with duck tape where the harness lines attach, maybe, to help
> protect it better?
It's kind of sad to see bits of foam floating away from a new boom. On
my gear, the foam gets scraped off by the fin while I'm preparing to
waterstart. Keeping the boom well away from the fin is the best
preventive measure.
- John Morris
Menlo Park, CA
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