Ruckus.adrift
E-28+ Universal 5411, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Hello all looking for some insight and advice here. My e28+ has what appears to be an unusually high boom: 7' from cockpit floor and 5' from deck, shy a couple of inches.
I can stand straight on the cockpit seats and still have 6" of headroom! As per the reference photo when I'm standing on the cabin top, any work on the mainsail itself is just above my head, and requires me to go up a couple of folding mast steps I have.
Does anyone have an idea why it was designed or built this way? It seems to me that it makes it more difficult to reef or drop the main, and it increases the height of the center of effort. Is there much benefit to having it so high other than preventing a boom to the face?
Has anyone adjusted the height of their boom? Other than re-rivetting the gooseneck and adjusting the gate on the mainsail track to a lower height also, what else does it entail? I am planning to replace my main hopefully in the next year or so and would like it designed based on the permanent boom height (either existing as it is now or lowered). Does it affect the physics of the rig much, say if I dropped it one foot?
Any thoughts or experience in similar matters is greatly appreciated!
I can stand straight on the cockpit seats and still have 6" of headroom! As per the reference photo when I'm standing on the cabin top, any work on the mainsail itself is just above my head, and requires me to go up a couple of folding mast steps I have.
Does anyone have an idea why it was designed or built this way? It seems to me that it makes it more difficult to reef or drop the main, and it increases the height of the center of effort. Is there much benefit to having it so high other than preventing a boom to the face?
Has anyone adjusted the height of their boom? Other than re-rivetting the gooseneck and adjusting the gate on the mainsail track to a lower height also, what else does it entail? I am planning to replace my main hopefully in the next year or so and would like it designed based on the permanent boom height (either existing as it is now or lowered). Does it affect the physics of the rig much, say if I dropped it one foot?
Any thoughts or experience in similar matters is greatly appreciated!