Had a violent wind direction change off Coffs Harbour this week, I was cruising along under main with 13 knots behind, all good! There was some lightening pre close, that was my greatest fear, but then, out of no where I was hit with a Westerly, I saw 36 knots. A crash jibe ensued. The first thing I noticed was the main halyard lost tension, so I reefed down to first reef. But after all the commotion I was horrified to discover the boom section had bent, right where the main sheet blocks attach. So there was some force involved as the boom is pretty stout, a Selden rounded square section 1171mm deep x 94mm wide. The dyneema 8mm covered halyard broke the outer. I called the agents expecting the replacement B171 section to be around $1000~1500. Alas no, they tell me you need to buy the complete long boom and cut it down to your chosen length, ok how much? Lucky I was sitting down, $4900 approx.

Okay so if anyone is familiar with Selden B171 alloy extrusion and maybe knows where I can get some, to simply rebuild my boom with the existing components. I'm all ears!

My extrusion measures 4360mm OA

Cheers in advance, Richard