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I know my boat is a bit small, so this may not scale up well, but I use a bungie cord as my preventer. It doesn't stop the gybe, but it slows it down enough that there is no damage and will actually take enough force out of it that I can just hold the boom with one hand to keep it from swinging over if I need to. I imagine this is similar to what a boom brake does, but I'm not sure. Granted, I've only ever tried this in light to moderate winds, not sure how it would react in anything above about 20 knots or so.
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