thanks, wish you were closerTag is spot on but the damage to your boom is pretty bad and if you do a 180 turn on the boom you will also need to reposition the mainsheet blocks.
I sell used Sunfish spar sets: Boom with blocks (no gooseneck) $45; Upper boom: $35 Mast $65. However they are pick-up only as shipping
is very expensive and difficult to arrange. I am in Cazenovia, NY about 20 miles S.E. of Syracuse. E-mail me at: aglos@colgate.edu if interested. from the looks of your photo I am guessing these spars were used in salt water. My spars are freshwater use only.
Alan Glos
Cazenovia, NY
Since I'm going to 180 the mast and be moving and replacing the blocks with some nice Harken I have, is the old spacing on the boom the best, these are "1973 spars and maybe it was discovered different places on the boom are better? giong from the forward end, my blocks are at 74" and 126".I think the suggested repair I've heard here before is to flip the lower boom end for end (switch the end caps) so that the gooseneck is on a strong part of the original boom. And then you can repair/reinforce the damaged end with a pipe sleeve that matches the inside diameter of the spar.
I tried that 1st. couldn't find one . I'm going to repair and keep my eye out for some used ones as a back up. at least I can be sailing until and it breaks., if it ever does.You can cut out the broken section and insert a aluminum sleeve. I have one with a break in the same
area where someone welded a sleeve on the outside. If you figure in the time and effort need for repair
I'd just buy a used one somewhere and be done with it.
This Minifish boom has held up for several years with the same method, and though it’s not especially pretty it is solid. Also, I know it’s ‘buyer beware,’ but I go by ‘honesty is the best policy.’ As a seller I would have definitely pointed out that seriously damaged spar!for those who like resolution, Instead of breaking the joint and redoweling,, I cleaned the old repair up and wrapped the joint with fiberglass cloth and epoxy. Then I rotated the boom . It's not pretty, but been out in some heavy air and no problems [so far].