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Vasco · 30-03-2008, 12:21

I would not use anything bigger than 1/2 inch. A preventer is meant to part if your boom dips into a wave, that way hopefully the boom will not be bent.

30-03-2008, 12:21	#2
Vasco Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Toronto in the summer, the Bahamas in wintertime. Boat: CS36Merlin, "La Belle Aurore" Ben393 "Breathless" Posts: 2,451	I would not use anything bigger than 1/2 inch. A preventer is meant to part if your boom dips into a wave, that way hopefully the boom will not be bent. __________________ Rick I Toronto