Good to know, Wayne, thanks. I don't want to install a vang, at present, so I'm glad that it's a performance, and not a safety, issue, even though Tod's story shows how a performance issue can become a safety ssue. --Craig
----- Original Message ----- From: "wayne yeargain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 6:15 AM Subject: Boom Vang The vang is a device to allow you to keep the boom as parallel to the boat as possible when sheeted out beyond the end of the central bail. The usefulness of this is, that configuration contributes the maximum sail area to the wind. Keep sailin' Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Honshells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 6:17 PM Subject: Boom Vang Does the vang also protect you from overloading the central bail, mainsheet, blocks, cleats, etc.? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Morris, Giles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 12:31 PM Subject: Boom Bale At the risk of betraying myself to the group as a hopeless neophyte Nothing wrong with not knowing. We were all born neophytes, and I hope that there's always something for me to be a neophyte at. A boom bail is a metal strap in a U or V shape whose ends are attached to the sides of the boom (through-bolt, drill/tap/machine screw/Pop-rivet -- you name it). The idea is that something is attached to it -- probably the mainsheet block or the boom vang. In other words it's just a convenient way to attach a line to the boom. If I remember correctly the M-15 boom has a cast aluminum fitting at the end with a hole in it for attaching the mainsheet block, so you would only need one for attaching a boom vang. Just in case: A vang is a line that runs between the base of the mast and somewhere along the boom whose function is to pull the boom down -- keeps the sail flatter when the mainsheet is out. Giles Morris Arlington VA Montgomery 15 "Umiaq" Vancouver 25 "Dolphin" Miscellaneous small craft _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
