I'm looking for advice please. I've been thinking for a while about installing permanent preventers or a boom brake on my 30. In the meantime I attach a preventer, when I think it's required, to either the mainsheet eye or to the vang attachment.
This week, as I was moving the preventer, we were overtaken by a rain squall which resulted in a nasty gybe. Nobody was injured, but it scared me into rethinking my preventer. Our boom has 2 eyes: one at the end, where the mainsheet attaches and the other about a third of the length from the mast, where the vang attaches. I'd like to make a third attachment for a preventer or boom brake about half way along the boom, but I don't know how to do it. A bale, I think, will not withstand the lateral strain of a gybe. A friend recommended a T-ball fitting, but it also is made to withstand strain from one direction only, I think. Can anyone recommend a fitting that will attach to the boom and withstand the strain of a forced gybe? Also is there collected wisdom about preventers vs boom brakes, etc.? Thanks Derek Tortuga, C&C 30 mk1 #553 Ballantynes Cove, NS
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