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dive4it wrote:I bought one for BWY a few years ago and have never gotten around to installing it. Those of you that have one....do you recommend it? Has it made life much easier?
JT
dive4it wrote:I currently use a topping lift from the mast, don't even unhook it always when I've got the main up. I like that because when under power or at the dock, I swing the boom to one side or the other and connect the mainsheet to the side stanchion to keep it out of the way, out of my line of sight, and off the dock side. If I had one like the one you described, I think it'd be pretty well set in that position when being used? Yes, I go through Camas a number of times a year, including one my way to and from the Sound for sailing. Planning a couple week trip up there at the end of July/ early Aug if you want to chase each other around the San Juans.Thanks again for the info, I love this group and how helpful all the members are.
JT
Herschel wrote:The Boomkicker also adds some resistance when using the boom for partial support for stepping down from cabin top to cockpit seating area.
Tomfoolery wrote:And I wind the topping lift around the end of the boom to raise it at the dock, and I use the main sheet and a second line with boat snaps spliced onto each end, each run to opposite lifeline stanchions, to keep the boom high and centered and not flopping back and forth with the motion of the ocean. Makes the boom a very stable handhold. Or body hold, in my case.
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