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2011年10月17日 · A boom vang didn't seem a standard Hunter feature back in 1980 for my model and the several PO's before me somehow never saw the need for one! Here I was relatively new to sailing, but even a newbie could see that the boom rising up several feet whenever the main sheet was let out for a beam or broad reach needed correction.
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2019年10月23日 · 4:1 rope vang (probably overkill for my little boat) combined with an easy to adjust topping lift allows me vang sheet. Since my end boom sheeting doesn't have a traveler, vang sheeting allows me to control leech tension and twist (through boom height control) and allows the mainsheet to control angle of attack independently of leech tension.
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2010年8月22日 · A boom vang is generally not attached at the end of the boom, but about a third of the way back from the gooseneck. The end of the boom doesn't need to be held down if the boom is held down further forward, since it doesn't really bend. The purpose of a boom vang is to help keep the boom from rising when the boat is sailing on a beam reach or ...
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2018年2月11日 · On my last boat, a C&C 29, I had a 16:1 ratio boom vang. It was very easy to operate, even upwind on days with high wind speeds. A 12:1 cascade with a single control line should be fine for your boat. No need to provide low and high purchase power on a vang for a 27 foot boat but they are great for the main sheet.
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2014年7月27日 · I have #178 with in-mast furling main but I have the adjustable rigid boom vang with line led back to the starboard side cabin top clutches. My previous boat had a pretty good roach in the sail and the twist in the top of the sail when off the wind was very apparent. The boom vang was very helpful for that situation.
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2017年9月19日 · Pretty sure that was a command more than a name. ;-) His responsibility was to control the boom vang and more importantly to release/ease the boom vang when the boat was about to be overpowered off the wind and about to spin out. Releasing (or easing) the boom vang off the wind in overpowered conditions let the top twist off and depowered the main.
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2014年11月29日 · Recently bought a Hunter 27 and it has a cabin-mounted mainsheet traveler, but does not have a boom vang. As I understand it, the traveler can act to hold the boom down on upwind points of sail but a boom vang is needed when sailing downwind since the mainsheet is eased out. So do I need to get a boom vang as well or is the traveller sufficient?
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2007年5月20日 · Kicker and vang combo Boom vang as trim control is fine in theory. My Catalina 27 had a boomkicker rigid vang (installed upside down) on it when I bought it. I remounted it and added a 4:1 vang. I've found that it takes an enormous amount of force to tighten the vang even a little bit, with barely noticable movement of the boom (downwards).
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2008年10月22日 · Since you don't have one it is more economical to purchase the Garhauer rigid boom vang than to purchase(or ever build) a 4 part vang and the boomkicker. It will cost at least a 100 dollars for the vang... two fiddle blocks- one with cam cleat- two snap shackles, attachment hardware and of course around 40 feet of 5/16 line.
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2024年5月28日 · The rigid vang works by having a spring or gas piston that puts upward pressure on the boom to lift it, while a control line opposes that force by holding the boom down. In this manner, the lift of the boom is adjustable.