I'm hesitant with bending my boom....but yes... tighten everything down and PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!!!!
When a boom breaks, you are left with a piece of metal piping wildly smashing around the place which can damage the boat and yourself.
Hey softshuffle, what do you mean 'the tiller did not move'? Is the tiller so loose in the rudder head that it catches on the traveller cleat??