stuartm80127
Member II
Hi All,
I am looking to install a Boom Vang on my 1976 E27. I perceive the need to do such when I will be in a following sea with the wind on my aft quarter. I intend to secure the vang to a stanchion base on the appropriate side. My stanchion bases are reinforced with backing plates. The mainsheet connects to the end of the boom and secures to the traveller at the base of the pedestal.
I am curious to know who has a boom vang on their E27 along with the mainsheet connected to the end of the boom. How did you secure the vang to the boom? Pictures, drawings and or good description would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Stuart
My thoughts:
1) Add boom vang about midway along the boom.
2) Defender sells a 4.5 inch long and 3.0 inch wide Boomkicker Boom Bail.
3) Drill a 3/8 hole thru the boom and installing a 5/16 bolt with a small aluminum collar much like was done on the main (fits the width of the boom) and then using a lock nut on the threaded end to hold it all in place.
4) I have a boom vang with snap shackles on both ends.
5) Secure vang to stanchion base on respective side.
I am looking to install a Boom Vang on my 1976 E27. I perceive the need to do such when I will be in a following sea with the wind on my aft quarter. I intend to secure the vang to a stanchion base on the appropriate side. My stanchion bases are reinforced with backing plates. The mainsheet connects to the end of the boom and secures to the traveller at the base of the pedestal.
I am curious to know who has a boom vang on their E27 along with the mainsheet connected to the end of the boom. How did you secure the vang to the boom? Pictures, drawings and or good description would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Stuart
My thoughts:
1) Add boom vang about midway along the boom.
2) Defender sells a 4.5 inch long and 3.0 inch wide Boomkicker Boom Bail.
3) Drill a 3/8 hole thru the boom and installing a 5/16 bolt with a small aluminum collar much like was done on the main (fits the width of the boom) and then using a lock nut on the threaded end to hold it all in place.
4) I have a boom vang with snap shackles on both ends.
5) Secure vang to stanchion base on respective side.