Stus-List Fw: Boom Vang for C&C 27 Mk III

Sat, 20 Jul 2013 09:07:29 -0700


+1
I've had a Garhauer rigid boom vang for about 10 years. Good price for a good chunk of stainless and a worthwhile upgrade. 

Also gets rid of the topping lift! 
sam :-) 
C&C 26 Liquorice 
Ghost Lake Alberta 
From: Dennis C.
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 9:09 AM
To: Peter Fell; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Reply To: Dennis C.
Subject: Re: Stus-List Boom Vang for C&C 27 Mk III

Peter,

A very good option would be install a hinged vang bracket near the bottom of your mast.  Garhauer makes these for their rigid boom vangs and will custom make one to fit your mast.  Their pricing is fairly reasonable.

Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA


From: Peter Fell <prf...@gmail.com>
To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <CnC-List@cnc-list.com>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:18 PM
Subject: Stus-List Boom Vang for C&C 27 Mk III

My C&C 27 has a mast-step that looks like this:
 
 
The previous owner had attached the 4:1 purchase boom vang to the 45 degree side plate which has resulted in bending the side plate!
 
It was recommended to me to use a boom/mast bail bolted across the vertical portion of the mast-step bracket at the aft-most set of holes, with a bolt and filler ‘tube’ to avoid compressing the mast step bracket. Or to replace the aft mast-retention pin with the same set-up.
 
Dimensions of the mast step (‘vertical’ bracket) are:
 
Outside width = 5 inches
Inside width = 4-1/4 inches
Hole diameter = 7/8 inches
Pin diameter = 5/8 inches
 
2 problems I am finding:
 
1) I can’t find a 5-inch wide bail
2) The larger size bails I have found (maybe 4 inch wide is the largest I’ve seen?) use a smaller bolt than 5/8 inches and no meat to drill out the holes in them, so there would be a lot of ‘slop’ there.
 
I’m also concerned that if the boom vang can bend that mast-step side plate, what’s it going to do to a side-loaded bail and/or the vertical mast-step bracket?
 
So ... perhaps a mast tang / hound?  (much as I hate drilling holes in the mast ... but multiple holes would spread the load).  I have read somewhere that part of the side of the standard C&C mast section is thicker which helps with this sort of thing? Can anyone verify? Sorry, didn’t measure the mast width. There’s also the sail track there that would complicate a tang / hound installation.
 
By the way, the previous owner also bent the heck out of the through-bolt on the boom bail. I’ve replaced that with a new SS bolt
 
Thanks!

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