[DelmarRey]

Gene, Thanks for the reply.
This is one reason for my Questions. My main is streached out and I planing for a replacement within a couple years. I''m not sure I would have the dipping problem. At present my boom is 14'' (luff= 46'')and I still have another 2'' to the back stay. I''ve been heeled over 35 degrees (normal is 15- 20 degrees) and my boom was a long way from the water in white caps and on the wind. Maybe if I were before the wind broaching deep swells, but that seems unusuall? My gooseneck is 8'' off the water and the vessel has a 12'' beam. A longer boom would serve two purposes, one of them would get the traveler out of my cockpit, the other, I would hope for better light air performance.

Del