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Old 29-06-2023, 09:31   #1
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nearly lost my boom.
Couple days ago in a decent wind while relaxing for a bit I just happened to look at the attachment point of my main sheet to the boom, which is mid boom via a traveler. (Islander 28). The stainless eye in the boom was broken off on one end and just barely holding the block by luck. I will get a photo up when I can...

The broken part is some kind of stainless plate and eye with a slot in the boom. The eye sticks out the slot and the plate is riveted to the boom on the inside.

Any recommendations for replacing this? It seems a bad design. I have a loose footed main now, any reason not to go with a soft shackle around the boom here?
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