Boom Brakes, what are they, how do you use one

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Sailing Vagabond Epicurean

Sailing Vagabond Epicurean

Күн бұрын

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@branni6538
@branni6538 Жыл бұрын
Essentially a figure eight that's used in abseiling.
@allanmason3201
@allanmason3201 3 ай бұрын
Yes, it is a figure 8 abseiling device, only in stainless steel rather than alloy. One other teensy little difference is that the price of the things sold for use on sailboats is ten times the price of the devices sold to climbers. Because as every manufacturer and retailer selling to the recreational sailing community knows, *everyone* who has a sailboat has money to burn. (Well, everyone apart from me, apparently.)
@nickmn6108
@nickmn6108 7 күн бұрын
Great explanation BUT if you are sailing downwind and want to change the sail position to the opposite side does that mean you have to go on the foredeck and change everything around?
@VagabondEpicurean
@VagabondEpicurean 7 күн бұрын
thanks for watching, no should not have to change the set up, the boom should swing slowly over
@nickmn6108
@nickmn6108 7 күн бұрын
@@VagabondEpicurean Thanks for replying. Ah I see, I think the penny has dropped.......so from the figure of eight metal boom brake on the boom both ends go through a block on deck on EACH side (port and starboard) of the boat and BOTH sides (port ad starboard) to a cleat?
@vidadepuerto
@vidadepuerto Жыл бұрын
great explanation!
@VagabondEpicurean
@VagabondEpicurean Жыл бұрын
thanks and thanks for watching
@hygeia2536
@hygeia2536 5 жыл бұрын
Nice explanation of how these work.
@VagabondEpicurean
@VagabondEpicurean 5 жыл бұрын
thank you
@ParrotSailor
@ParrotSailor 8 жыл бұрын
Dom I would make up soft shackles and stropes instead of using hardward. You have a bad lead on that block
@williesijdevander5514
@williesijdevander5514 6 жыл бұрын
where can I buy theese boom brakes ?
@bobgaysummerland
@bobgaysummerland 3 жыл бұрын
The second guy didn’t spill his drink…but yes these are a very good idea.
@honeybees1
@honeybees1 8 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@arkadybron1994
@arkadybron1994 8 ай бұрын
Or you can buy a climbers descendeur for a fraction of the price and made from a more reliable material.
@VagabondEpicurean
@VagabondEpicurean 8 ай бұрын
true, thank you for watching
@liamstone3437
@liamstone3437 6 ай бұрын
I just bought one (a descender for $7). Yes it costs less but it is smaller in size. But then my boat is only 15 feet so I am sure the 3500 kg rating is enough and it is made of aluminum. The Stainless steel boom brake would certainly be stronger and if I were on my dream boat (30 foot cutter) I would not hesitate to spend $60 for it. In any case the info here is useful.
@malchugan2469
@malchugan2469 2 жыл бұрын
Where is wind??
@andvil01
@andvil01 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe I will use my climbers repelling figure 8 on my small boat.
@ajax1137
@ajax1137 6 жыл бұрын
Every video I've seen for these, shows them being tested in 5kts of breeze. Totally unrealistic. I bought one and did several test gybes in 10-12 knots of breeze and it's a complete waste of money. It utterly failed to slow the boom down at all unless I kept the line snugged tight in which case the boom brake became a "preventer" which simply prevented the gybe entirely. I should have bought the Wichard Gybe Easy boom brake.
@slo007
@slo007 10 ай бұрын
Did you upgrade in the end? How did it work out?
@ajax1137
@ajax1137 10 ай бұрын
@slo007 in the end, what made it work better was the aging of the line in the elements so that it wasn't so slick. Repositioning the line forward a bit also helped a little.
@RustyKnorr
@RustyKnorr 4 ай бұрын
@@ajax1137 SO you had it set up incorrectly, got it.
@hooligan6a
@hooligan6a 6 жыл бұрын
You could have done a better job of showing how the line was rigged.
@VagabondEpicurean
@VagabondEpicurean 6 жыл бұрын
Hello Edward, sorry I will keep this in mind for other videos. tks for watching.
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