[Rhodes22-list] Boom End

[Charles Henthorn]

Steve:
       I've worried also about the vang for the same reasons.  My vang is loose, though,  because the hex head bolt doesn't appear to be tightened which gives is some flexibility.  So I've worried as much about tightening the bolt.  However, I cannot seem to find how to access the portion of the bolt inside of the boom to tighten it---how did you gain access?
  Rex

Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
  Whenever I drop my boom to the "first reef" position, I always worry about
the tang that connects to the main sheet. When close hauled, the tang tends
to bend backwards. Then when the boom is up in its normal position, the
tang bends back the other way. Do this enough times and I fugure it'll
break. Yesterday I removed it and relaced the hex head bolt with an eye
bolt. I haven't sailed with the first reef yet but I'm thinking this is a
good solution.

Any one else that might have that tang bending problem should consider this
cheap and easy fix.

Slim
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