Remove boom from mast?
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SteveK
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No reason if not used
We only used our boom to raise kayaks and string Christmas lights. However, it was wood and was rotting, so we took it down permanently. Gave us a lot more room to set up chairs on the largest part of the upper deck. I've done a couple of half-hearted searches for a replacement, but so far really don't miss it. Until about the second week of December when I string the lights again...
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If you are satisfied with the pipe davit & you are not one of the (extraordinarily rare) folks that find a steadying sail actually helps reduce the characteristic snap roll of the GB36, I believe you could remove it without regret.
We kept the boom on our Krogen 42 as back up if the davit failed. It never did in 13 years though.
My boat came to me with a mast and boom. I soon learned that the mast wasn't tallenough to be useful and the boom was so short that its longest reach wasn't out as far as the water. I persevered and in our first attempt to lift something, a Sabot hull weighing under 50 lb, the tabernacle broke and everything came crashing down.
Silly me, I replaced everything, as I wanted to carry a laser. I needed something that could lift 150 lb reliably, so would also be useful as a rescue hoist.
My solution is still in use, over 25 years later. My boom reaches 30" over the side, the mast carries Radar and all the usual stuff, I can lower it to get into my shelter without help or any fancy clip on or bolt on extras, I have no shrouds that would decapitate me if I had to run, so the annoyance of swinging the boom aside when I want to set up the chairs on the aft cabin top is minimal. I run with the boom hoisted to 45°, so it is out of the way unless the chairs are set up.
Silly me, I replaced everything, as I wanted to carry a laser. I needed something that could lift 150 lb reliably, so would also be useful as a rescue hoist.
My solution is still in use, over 25 years later. My boom reaches 30" over the side, the mast carries Radar and all the usual stuff, I can lower it to get into my shelter without help or any fancy clip on or bolt on extras, I have no shrouds that would decapitate me if I had to run, so the annoyance of swinging the boom aside when I want to set up the chairs on the aft cabin top is minimal. I run with the boom hoisted to 45°, so it is out of the way unless the chairs are set up.
