The simple answer is no. You're meant buy a new complete boom or source a legally supplied sleeve from an old boom It's an arguable whether it was ever legal to use cut down top section as a boom from reading 26.(c) of the rules, but it's something that many have done for decades. When they were available legally, I always asked for the dealer to supply bare sections and all the fittings so that I could assemble my spars using corrosion inhibitor without having to remove all the fittings first.So the last part of the question is if the part is no longer available in the uk & I fit the same size tube would the boom still be class legal ?
Thanks for the replies, Alan I was banking on you knowing the exact measurements, the problem is I don't have a broken boom that I can remove the inner sleeve from to measure,
this is just to make a spare boom for low key club racing.
Thanks for that 49208 it may be the best option,
no one appears to know the correct sizes of the now obsolete UK part ?
Thanks for that 49208 it may be the best option,
no one appears to know the correct sizes of the now obsolete UK part ?
Merrily please phone laser performance UK before adding an uninformed sweeping statement like that,
I did & the reply was that they no longer make or stock that item & wont be in the future, In my eyes that makes the part obsolete in the UK
Why do you think I am asking for help on this forum?
The sleeve is not a part that wears out or breaks without the whole boom assembly breaking. There should be no need for it to be sold separately anymore. 99% of all the components used in the construction of the laser are not available without buying the complete assumbly, the sleeve is no different. Can you purchase the bottom panel of the sail? Or the left plate of the rudder head? Or the pin that forms the gooseneck fitting?
Quite a large number of the items you've listed are assemblies,Have to disagree with the logic AND the 99%
Look at Rudders/Daggerboards and the parts avail for them...
Rudder Pivot Pin, 3/8Price: $4.60Rudderhead w/PintlesPrice: $126.00Daggerboard Stop SetPrice: $10.00Rudder Lift StopPrice: $9.00Retaining Pin & LinePrice: $6.00Rudder Bushing Assy., 3/16Price: $7.00
Booms next:
Boom Sleeve Assembly KitPrice: $33.00Vang Strap KitPrice: $15.00Gooseneck Plug KitPrice: $11.00End Plug KitPrice: $10.00Lacing Eyestrap Kit - Webbing.Price: $8.00Becket Block KitPrice: $23.00Bullet Block KitPrice: $21.00Lacing Eyestrap Kit - StainlessPrice: $9.00Rivets - Aluminum (10)Price: $4.44Rivets - Stainless Steel (10)Price: $5.75Traveler Fairlead, BluePrice: $4.00Clam Cleat, Hardkote (Anodized) AluminumPrice: $15.0
I could keep going, but I hope I've made the point on both.
Lasernut is pretty expert at making booms up from broken booms and top sections nowadays. Neither of us see the point in binning perfectly good class legal parts if they can be made up into a functioning item.
All I can say is that if the option of building a boom from a broken top-section wasn't available, I would be sailing with an Intensity boom instead of the (class legal) boom I built over the summer.
Alan,
Here in Ohio we still have people using old boats for events in which they must be class legal. I'm thinking in particular of Junior Bay week at Put-in-Bay. Until last year this event was the regional quarter final for the Smythe Trophy, the U.S.'s single-handed dinghy national award. We do what we can to get every kid who is interested on the water. It's not all rich kids.
. I'm doing up an old Laser, sail number 24877, dating to around 1976. The original boom has no sleeve, and bends excessively when I crank the vang/kicker on in strong winds. A boom sleeve costs AU$38.45, and a boom assembly complete is $354.59. This is a legitimate reason for buying a sleeve separately.The sleeve is not a part that wears out or breaks without the whole boom assembly breaking. There should be no need for it to be sold separately anymore....
. Remind you that this thread began withWell "builder supplied" becomes rather meaningless when the builder does not supply it. Availability of parts worse than ever from what I hear.
, which is obviously not a builder-supplied boom, and sought a sleeve in the UK.I have a broken top-section which I had kept with the intention of making a spare boom…
. I'm doing up an old Laser, sail number 24877, dating to around 1976. The original boom has no sleeve, and bends excessively when I crank the vang/kicker on in strong winds. A boom sleeve costs AU$38.45, and a boom assembly complete is $354.59. This is a legitimate reason for buying a sleeve separately.
In response to my post where I linked to a boom sleeve available in the UK; . Remind you that this thread began with , which is obviously not a builder-supplied boom, and sought a sleeve in the UK.
Mostly I’m finding the information in this forum very, very useful in understanding the options and issues I’m facing in doing up a Laser. Thanks to those of you who aren’t just arguing for the sake of arguing.
This mob may sell one: http://sailboats.co.uk/Catalogue~Boom_Sleeve_900mm_~p_56-0040~c5369.html
You are aware that the short sleeve was introduced about 30 years ago and the long sleeve about 20 years( I don't have any of my class rule books on hand to confirm those time frames but they are about right). I tend to agree with the factories on this one that there has been plenty of time for people to fit sleeves to existing booms.. I'm doing up an old Laser, sail number 24877, dating to around 1976. The original boom has no sleeve, and bends excessively when I crank the vang/kicker on in strong winds. A boom sleeve costs AU$38.45, and a boom assembly complete is $354.59. This is a legitimate reason for buying a sleeve separately.