Yacht Rods
The High Performance Spring-Loaded Mechanical Boom Vang 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 Rodâ„¢.
Can be led to small winch for additional power. Spring return holds boom. Brackets for mast and boom sold separately.
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.
Note of Caution: Furling booms weigh as much as 3 times as much as standard booms. Standard vang spring will not support their weight. In rough weather and sea conditions, it is prudent to set a topping lift in case of a gooseneck failure or other boom equipment failure.
Forespar® makes three sizes of spring loaded boom vangs for boats starting around 30 feet and up to about 55 feet.
FEATURES:
- Eliminates need for boom topping lift
- Supports boom in light air, when reefing and lowering mainsail
- No gas spring to lose its charge
- 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.
