[gregcorey]

Hello All,

Introduction:
I've been a long time Laser sailer and recently decided to get a boat of my own. I purchased a 15' day sailer - Columbia Yacht by R.S. Dorris whose mast is completely in 2 pieces. I am currently working on getting it and the boom rebuilt. I'm getting an extrusion from Dwyer and I plan to just swap all the hardware from the old to new mast since it is all 2 years or less old. However the boom is a different story.

The current boom is 1.75" diameter. I think the gooseneck is a little damaged so I'm going to see about a new boom and gooseneck. It seems like at Dwyer they have goosenecks for 1.5" diameter booms only. Is it ok to drop the boom diameter by 1/4"? Would there be any gains/problems with a slightly smaller boom? It would make the re-rigging much easier if I could do that. I can also see if they have a 1.75" gooseneck if all else fails.

Thanks for any info.

More questions to come I'm sure.

 

[SHNOOL]

I can't imagine the 1/4" being the end of the world. That's an ambitious rerig though... good luck.

 

[gregcorey]

Ha! Thanks. It's a measure twice rivet once kind of scenario. With the deal I got on the boat, I couldn't pass the project up. I'll know the mast inside and out after that.

 

[chip]

Not sure about the strength loss of going down 1/4", but if you'd like to keep it closer to original, you could try RigRite. They have tons of parts: Spars Main Page

Booms can be bent.

 

[gregcorey]

Wow! That's quite the bend. I'll give RigRite a call tomorrow as well. This is really the only major hangup I'm having other than a mysterious piece of hardware question (which I will post later when I can post an image).

Thanks