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Spending my evening trying to identify a seemingly obscure piece of boom shackle tackle. (infosec.pub)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by kboyd@phpc.social to c/sailing@lemmy.world
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Spending my evening trying to identify a seemingly obscure piece of boom shackle tackle.

Or, more specifically, a boom vang that seems to have a harness that goes around the boom, instead of a bracket that attaches to the boom.

Can't seem to find the right words to describe it ... but the existing one is fraying & could fail.

#sailing @sailing

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[–] Amgine@mamot.fr 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

@kboyd @sailing

Okay, that would be weird, but I can see someone doing it. Do those two pieces of stainless just hook into the boltrope slot? If so, then yes, I think you are correct.

[–] kboyd@phpc.social 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@Amgine @sailing It seems they do, yes. In hindsight I should have tried to see if they were easy to unclip. (That would be my expectation, and would simplify repairs if so.)

[–] Amgine@mamot.fr 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

@kboyd @sailing

That will certainly make it easier to repair, or remove, if it works that way. Another way it may work is as a sort of shim, sliding into the bolt rope slot and with thinned edges - but that will likely require removing the boom from the gooseneck to remove it.

[–] kboyd@phpc.social 1 points 3 months ago

@Amgine @sailing uh oh. That would be "cut the strap and screw a proper bail or weld an attachment point in its place" territory, IMHO.

[–] Amgine@mamot.fr 1 points 3 months ago

@kboyd @sailing

Now I am super curious, but I am on the mainland at the moment so I cannot drive down to see it...