I purchased the boat used and the existing boom I have been told is not factory. Its currently a heavy Aluminum extrusion. I am strongly considering replacing with a round carbon tube as I see in most photos. My crew has taken one good hit from the rectangular extrusion. Round would be more forgiving, its heavy & not set-up friendly. Could use some help please.
OD?
Length? 9' (108")
Best regards
DaveODonnell@arfa-tech.com
NACRA 20 Round Boom OD? Length?
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Posted: Feb 02, 2014 - 09:31 AM
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Posted: Feb 02, 2014 - 09:53 AM
New England Catamaran have one new extrusion or the complete boom for sale.
http://www.new-england-catamarans.com/hot.html
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Posted: Feb 03, 2014 - 04:17 AM
Do you have a picture? The original booms were a rectangle shape, in not certain round was ever offered OD. Ther rectangle booms were much tougher, my boat had a .0625 wall round tube tube was prone to damage on capsizes. I replaced it with a .120" wall tube. That all said, it's not too hard to make your own, I think you will have a difficult time trying to go with a carbon version because the boat does not sheet directly from the clue of the main like the newer boats. -
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Posted: Feb 03, 2014 - 06:34 AM
+1
i have a sunfish mast i hope to turn into a boom this winter to replace my heavy stock one -
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Posted: Feb 03, 2014 - 03:50 PM
Nacra went to tubular aluminum booms when they upgraded hardware. Much simpler and lighter. As mentioned, very easy to make one and cheap.
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Posted: Feb 03, 2014 - 04:46 PM
With my Aluminum one the main attaches directly to main clue using a rope encircling the boom. Its really easy to rig like this, makes stress on boom almost nill.
If this were a 20 What OD and length should it be?
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Posted: Feb 04, 2014 - 04:11 AM
You already have it rigged like that? I gave that a try but it forced the mast to rotate too much. My booms were 2" OD. Just over 9' long. On my C2 I believe the boom is 1.5' OD. It does attached to the clew like is shown but works way better than the i20 did in that configuration.
