Just getting back into sailing after a somewhat enforced - by a MTB, a Forrest track, and my body bouncing off the ground - layoff.
Unfortunately when rigging yesterday I realised that my boom, and its spare, are both, well, pretty much stuffed. (One had a cracked clamp head and the other is popping out the boom arm.)
Replacement needed.
Any recommendations/advice??
I do everything from flat to B&J to waves...
Junky, Chinook alloy all the way. Mine is going on 4 years and my 110kegs plus wetty abusing it hasn't failed me. I mainly sail flatwater bay b&j too.
Im going to be trying aeron booms this year..see Chris at windsurfsystems.com.au. he has got some great sale prices at moment..
You might consider the Severne aluminium Blueline and Metal ranges, from The Zu.
Very stiff, excellent front-end clamp and easy to adjust twin-pin rear ends. Only disadvantage is that they are mast-specific in the front end, without an adapter to swap.
Loved the Chinook front-end clamp and wide rear ends: hated the blue anodising which wore through very quickly. Of course, there's always carbon to solve that problem.
Always go carbon
I thought it was bull **** until I got one... I think I had a rant about it here....
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/Victoria/Carbon-booms-actually-quite-good/
