 Yacht Rod™ The High Performance Spring-Loaded Mechanical Boom Vang
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Precision design in three sizes. Excellent vang/boom support for performance cruising and racing. White powder coated aluminum & polished stainless steel. Supplied with spectra cable ready to add your tackle system. Your 4:1 equals 8:1 when installed on Yacht Rod ™ . Can be led to small winch for additional power. Spring return holds boom. Brackets for mast and boom sold separately. Mast and boom fittings are listed below. Caution: Oversheeting or leaning heavily on aft end of boom can bend the boom or the Yacht Rod™. The main halyard shackle should be snapped to the outboard boom end, in port, to prevent damage to the Yacht Rod™.
Features
• Eliminates need for boom topping lift
• Supports boom in light air and when reefing and lowering the mainsail
• Faster than hydraulics – No messy hydraulics to leak
• More efficient than conventional tackles
• Tubing is white coated anodized 6061-T6 aluminum and electropolished 316 stainless steel
• Precision machined 6061-T6 aluminum clevis ends, sheaves and Nylatron® bearings
• Precipitation hardened stainless steel spring with fast-pin adjustment – rated for over 1 million compressions
• No gas spring to lose its charge
"FOR RACING OR CRUISING"
Note of Caution: Furling booms weigh as much as 3 times the weight of standard booms. Standard vang spring will not support their weight.
Yacht Rod Boom Vang Dimensions
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| Stroke |
7" |
11 1/2" |
11 1/2" |
| Adjustable Length |
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| Pin to Pin (min.) |
58 1/2" |
66 1/2" |
79 1/2" |
| Pin to Pin (max.) |
70 1/2" |
80" |
93" |
| Adjustable distance |
12" |
13 1/2" |
13 1/2" |
| Pin Size |
1/2" |
5/8" |
5/8" |
| Jaw Width |
3/8" |
11/16" |
11/16" |
| Weight |
9.8 lbs |
17 lbs |
19 lbs |
| Max. Return Force |
600 lbs |
1450 lbs |
1450 lbs |
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