My current sailboat does not have a boom vang. The main sheet attaches to the middle of the sail, which means there is nothing holding the end boom down. I had rigged up a temporary vang when I used an alternate boom and sail, but now I would like a more permanent setup.
All boom vangs seem to be made up of a block and tackle setup. While this idea seems to be fine, can anyone thing of a reason I would not want to design it with a solid pole vang, with a turn buckle? Part of the reason I was thinking this is that when dropping the sail, the boom drops. it just seemed to me, that a solid vang could serve 2 purposes, both in holding up the boom, as well as holding it down.
All boom vangs seem to be made up of a block and tackle setup. While this idea seems to be fine, can anyone thing of a reason I would not want to design it with a solid pole vang, with a turn buckle? Part of the reason I was thinking this is that when dropping the sail, the boom drops. it just seemed to me, that a solid vang could serve 2 purposes, both in holding up the boom, as well as holding it down.
