In an ideal world I'd like an upside down version of the RS100/300 wheels on the Gnav doo dah only maybe run the wheels on the boom, but first I need to order it all up.

Ordering booms online is tricky given there is no such thing as 'spare boom for Mk 1 Alto' you can just go 'add to basket'.

So I guess it's locate some carbon tube then find all the bits and self assemble.

Or does anyone know different? (with links if poss.)

Ian (foxwell) mentioned just get yourself a Superspars boom , but which one is the question, what classes use them.

I did wonder about B14 booms but they're conventional kicker, which I'd like to avoid if possible.

 

You can buy them from Ovingtons.

Thanks for all the tips, lots to work with, not sure I'm any the wiser..

I need to measure the boom length I guess, that would be a start.

Shame they don't just have standard booms sold by length.

Were that the truth..

As it is some f**ker in dingo world just things it's a great idea to fit a boom with a square section to a gooseneck with a round shaft, obviously the square peg in the round hole deal never quite gelled here.

Then to fix it thought it would be a great idea to drill through the whole ensemble and fit a split pin. That would be a stainless split pin to an alloy extrusion in a salt water environment (it gets better) held together with pop rivets..

f**ker in dingo world is right..

Or maybe a Dart 16. No boom to worry about at all.

 

I can sort it all out for you if you would like, I can get hold of the new boom and the appropreate fitttings so the nav will work properly with the mast you have.

The fittings will be the same or simmilar to the RS500 you had.

Give me a PM if you want my help.

Dan

Pierre!

Where have you been hiding that?

Humour.. It's actually humour, have you been sailing on the sea and caught it?

Dan is not a decent bloke Dan is the clumsy cack handed muppet that broke the damn boom in the first place.

Dan breaks everything Dan touches, he's gotten through more boats, booms, masts, racks & sails in the short time (relatively)I've known him than the entire club put together in a ten year period.

Dan made the term 'Desperate' redundant very early on.

Now he's offered however, I shall almost certainly take him up on it, it'll be useful field experience for his remedial course at retarded engineer school.

Right thanks Dan here's what I want.

I want it made of carbon yet painted red. It must come with a 'mind your head' sticker on both sides plus a 'this side up' as a reminder to some of the dimmer crew types I have to deal with these days. Port and Starboard stickers might not go amiss either.

I'd like you to use your Engineering talent to rig some sort of auto kicker sensing device so the kicker adjusts itself automatically without my crew risking breaking her fingernail(s) and whilst your at it the same could possibly apply to the outhaul tension.

A mirror attachment and/or video mount might also be useful so we can view the truly wondrous thing that is us in action. 

It would also be useful if a footplate could be fitted, I have on occasion found it useful to stand on it when the boat inadvertently falls onto its side, maybe even some steps, to assist one 'ahem' challenged vertically to mount the gunwhale whilst keeping ones feet dry.

I'm happy to provide a more than adequate budget £5 10s 6d or current equivalent.

(might just be enough money if you invested it in the 1600s)

It was like that scene in Finding Nemo, where all the seagulls splat into the yacht sail.

 

I think Port and Starboard stickers...but handily stuck on the wrong side on and lacquered to the boom so they cannot be easily removed....