Question Padding/protection for from of boom and lateen …

[Cascadian505]

Hello all,

Does anyone have a clever solution to pad the bottom of the two linked eye bolts that link the boom and lateen? I do hold it up while raising the sail, but plan on loaning the boat out and can’t be assured this will happen.

I’m trying to keep the deck from being scratched. I’ve been considering using contact cement to glue on some neoprene padding. But I was wondering if there was something slicker and more professional out there.

Thanks in advance!

Erik
Port Hadlock, WA

 

[Charles Howard]

Current boats come with a boom end cap with the loop facing down at that joint and the eye bolt nut wont touch the deck or just wrap with duct tape.

 

[Cascadian505]

Current boats come with a boom end cap with the loop facing down at that joint and the eye bolt nut wont touch the deck or just wrap with duct tape.

Hmmm maybe I’ll upgrade to that cap. Not a fan of too much tape on the boat. Thanks for getting back to me.

 

[signal charlie]

At a minimum make sure that the eyebolt threads are cut flush with the stop nut and filed smooth. For our boats we did the "boom outhaul cap flipped upside down on forward end of lower boom" upgrade.

 

[Cascadian505]

At a minimum make sure that the eyebolt threads are cut flush with the stop nut and filed smooth. For our boats we did the "boom outhaul cap flipped upside down on forward end of lower boom" upgrade.

Hey thanks for this. Great idea. Will do. I think someone else mentioned it too but I didn’t catch on to what they were saying.

 

[Cascadian505]

Hey thanks for this. Great idea. Will do. I think someone else mentioned it too but I didn’t catch on to what they were saying.

And yes I did cut the bolts and taped them.