i have been thinking about making a wide tail for a while now. After going through my collection of old carbon booms i put this together last night,

I have just used some marine ply, 6ounce glass, epoxy and black tint.

Early days yet as i have only just glassed both sides. Tomorrow i will glass the edges.

Here is some pics of the job so far. I hope works ok

Awesome, gave you the green thumb without even reading, go go go!

Its an old arrows formula boom. a while bback i cut it down to take 7.8 and 8.6m sails. i then put its wide tail on another boom so this one was tailess. if it works i will put one on my 150-200 areon carbon for my small sails.

Sails seem to set alot nicer with a wide tail especially when they are bagged out.

choco said...

Nice...now where's my hack saw? are you going to set it up like this?
What boom did you mod?

Choco yes i have some pulleys and i plan to set them up like in ur pic. Geez those cork grips look nice

Nice work Bender

what is the reason for the wider tail?. does anybody have a piccy of a sail set up on one?

Bender said...

choco said...

Nice...now where's my hack saw? are you going to set it up like this?
What boom did you mod?

Choco yes i have some pulleys and i plan to set them up like in ur pic. Geez those cork grips look nice

X Boom custom made, look nice but check out the price down right hand corner - euro

Just for interest, when you let out an adjustable outhaul, does the clew stay central within the boom or go to one edge? If it stays central, great, but if it goes to one edge that must change sheeting angles?