X-OldHeader: From surfnsuds@earthlink.net-DeleteThis.com Wed Feb 21 08:32:30 2001 Return-Path: <surfnsuds@earthlink.net-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id IAA24406 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:32:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from msgbas1t.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1t.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.59]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id IAA10822 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:32:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from hawk.prod.itd.earthlink.net (hawk.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.22]) by msgbas1t.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00AC9749 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 09:32:27 -0700 (MST) Received: from topher (user-vcauofg.dsl.mindspring.com [216.175.97.240]) by hawk.prod.itd.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA22332 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:32:24 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <008d01c09c23$d75600a0$bb7ba8c0@topher> From: "Topher Gayle" <surfnsuds@earthlink.net-DeleteThis.com> To: <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> References: <3.0.6.32.20010221075105.0079f470@pop.earthlink.net-DeleteThis.com> Subject: Re: Carbon Booms? Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:32:01 -0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400
Well, I have had the pleasure of breaking both kinds of booms.
I've broken two aluminum booms and was able to sail the bent poles back to
the beach, and I've broken one carbon boom and was also able to sail it back
to the beach. In all cases, the breaks were (obviously) not complete
destruction. The carbon break was caused by a rather ordinary catapult of
my 200# self in chop that should not have done in the boom. The front end
broke, but more expensively, the pole going into the front end was also
fractured (though not broken). This second bit of damage was not visible
until the front end was removed. That's a little scary.
Carbon costs so much more, I now prefer aluminum, and replace them more
often.
- Topher Gayle
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From: "Georg Recht" <gorecht@earthlink.net-DeleteThis.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list WIND_TALK"
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Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: Carbon Booms?
>
> I definitely will not buy another Aluminum boom for my Bay Area sailing.
My
> experience is that Aluminum will fatigue and just break at the worst time.
> All my failures occurred at the front of the boom due to fatigue and not
> corrosion. There never was any warning except maybe I kept them for one
too
> many seasons.
>
> I am very happy with my current booms, a Fiberspar all carbon and a
Winsurf
> Hawaii [mostly carbon except extensions are Aluminum].
>
>
> At 09:29 PM 2/20/01 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> >I bent my aluminum booms last year getting rinsed. Just curious, since
I'm
> >in the market again, what others thought of carbon booms, especially for
use
> >in surf. I always thought that aluminum was preferable over carbon in
waves
> >because of it's ability to bend rather than break. However, I've heard
> >that aluminum's tensile strength isn't that great, has the tendency to
break
> >rather than bend, and it corrodes inside where it is undetectable. Input
on
> >brands would be appreciated, too. I know (think) that Fiberspar fixed
their
> >problems from a couple years back, lots of folks tend to have them, but
the
> >all-carbon Chinooks look pretty nice (pretty hefty price tag, too!).
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >-Ed
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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