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otherthan · 03-09-2010, 06:03

my boat has a wooden boom, the last owner was really into wood I geuss.
anyway its not as light as aluminium and this one is curved like a bow.

should I start looking for an original or this one will do the job?
is a wooden boom as reliyable as aluminium?

one thing for sure it looks good, varnished wood and brass is quit appealing.

PAR · 03-09-2010, 06:57

It's unlikely you'll find a used boom for your Hinterhoeller 28, but a suitable extrusion can be had fairly easily, depending on your location.

Yes, a wooden boom is as reliable as an aluminum one. In many cases, wood will be lighter and more durable then aluminum. This is particularly true of smaller diameters and/or well "shaped" spars.

Your boat came, as you expected, with an aluminum extrusion tube for a boom. I didn't look up the spar dimensions, but if you like I could look up the replacement or similar extrusion from Dwyer Masts, though just a guess I'd suggest a DM-375 section would be as big as you could possibly want and it costs about $21 per running foot.

Healer52 · 03-09-2010, 07:58

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Originally Posted by jobi

my boat has a wooden boom, the last owner was really into wood I geuss.
anyway its not as light as aluminium and this one is curved like a bow.

should I start looking for an original or this one will do the job?
is a wooden boom as reliyable as aluminium?

one thing for sure it looks good, varnished wood and brass is quit appealing.

My Alberg 35 had a wooden boom. A massive piece of Sitka spruce, it weighed a lot and had a lot of inertia when swinging (both bad things, IMHO). But, wood can be quite strong and reliable since it's a natural composite structure. An aluminum boom can be more easily damaged to failure by hitting something and getting a kink in it than a wooden boom - which, even if some wood fibers are damaged, will still have many others to carry the load.

And when maintained, they do look nice. I'd varnish mine every 4-5 years, and wax it once a year or so but when not in use the sailcover protected it. And the only place where it really got any visible wear was where the boom crutch supported it.

otherthan · 05-09-2010, 18:47

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Originally Posted by PAR

It's unlikely you'll find a used boom for your Hinterhoeller 28, but a suitable extrusion can be had fairly easily, depending on your location.

Yes, a wooden boom is as reliable as an aluminum one. In many cases, wood will be lighter and more durable then aluminum. This is particularly true of smaller diameters and/or well "shaped" spars.

Your boat came, as you expected, with an aluminum extrusion tube for a boom. I didn't look up the spar dimensions, but if you like I could look up the replacement or similar extrusion from Dwyer Masts, though just a guess I'd suggest a DM-375 section would be as big as you could possibly want and it costs about $21 per running foot.

not nasasary if you think my wooder will do the job as reliable as aluminium, Thanks!
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