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Spending my evening trying to identify a seemingly obscure piece of boom shackle tackle. (media.phpc.social)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by kboyd@phpc.social to c/sailing@lemmy.world
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Spending my evening trying to identify a seemingly obscure piece of boom shackle tackle.

Or, more specifically, a boom vang that seems to have a harness that goes around the boom, instead of a bracket that attaches to the boom.

Can't seem to find the right words to describe it ... but the existing one is fraying & could fail.

#sailing @sailing

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[–] kboyd@phpc.social 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

@ghost_towels Thanks, good tip. I've got a sailmaker contact that can probably help.

Any idea what I can call it? My searches haven't turned up anything ready-made online. The webbing/straps go up to a metal plate (bridle? saddle? shoe? cuff?) on the top side of the boom, through strap slots, in order to apply evenly-distributed downward force. It looks like it should be some kind of kit, but no dice with DuckDuckGo and google.

[–] ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

No idea, a vang bridle maybe? Interesting that it has a metal plate for the top, that seems specifically made for this then, so you’d think it would have a name.