[Rhodes22-list] Pushing the envelope - boom stresses

[Robert Skinner]

R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> Well, yesterday was an adventure...

Looking at:

  http://www.monmouth.com/~nsnj/whenrough.htm

it seems as if when the main is furled, there 
would be bending forces on the boom, rather 
than the usual compression forces.  

Is there any history of boom failure in heavy 
weather?

Could a preventer rigged to the middle of the 
boom answer this possibility?

/Bob