Anyone have a used boom vang for sale?

[Brandon Gaspard]

I'm looking for a cheapish used boom vang for my Pearson 26 and any tips on the best installation method.  Bailer, mast hound, pad eye in sail track, etc.  Thanks for any info!

Brandon

[d...@pfeiffer.net]

I had a simple 3:1 tackle for my P26 boom vang.  Was good but 4:1 might have been worth it.  Something like a Garhauer 30UAG 4-1 would be a fine choice.  I had snap shackles at both ends and always ran it with the cam cleat at the boom end for an easy reach from the companionway.  

I found an oblong  padeye that fit in the sail track (probably a Sea Dog 089702) and slid it down to the bottom.  I shimmed the backside so it was a snug fit in the track and put a screw in just the top.  The idea was that the load was on the shoulder in the track.  And I wanted the padeye as low as possible and the bottom fastener would have to be above the mast step flange inside.  That would probably be fine anyway but I wanted to drop it that extra 1-1/2".  It held up for me for 8 years like that.  There was already a bail on my boom.  I would use one that bolts through the sides with a 3/8 or larger bolt.  

I had another variation that I found very useful over the years.  I mounted some very husky eyes just forward of the grabrails on the cabin top.  Probably a Sea Dog 080033 cut to fit with acorn nuts on the underside.  I used this as an alternative vanging and preventer position.  One issue with the P26 in light conditions is the boom flails about wildly when you hiit a power boat wake or in chop.  I would un-clip the vang from the mast base and move it to the padeye on the opposite side from the mainsheet.  That immobilized the boom and made for better draw with the mainsail since it spent less time hopelessly out of trim.  Also useful as a preventer though in very rough and difficult conditions that is generally better done from the end of the boom.  Though I did run it that way from time to time.  You can see it in this photo of us ripping along on a surf at 9+ knots.  This is port tack so the mainsheet is pulling to starboard (out of view) and the boom vang is rigged to the port padeye.  
http://dan.pfeiffer.net/p26/surfing.htm


Seadog padeye:
http://www.sea-dog.com/groups/1448-oblong-eye-plate

Bow Eye
http://www.sea-dog.com/groups/1416-bow-eye

Dan Pfeiffer

 

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Dan Pfeiffer

On 2015-05-18 11:39, Brandon Gaspard wrote:

I'm looking for a cheapish used boom vang for my Pearson 26 and any tips on the best installation method.  Bailer, mast hound, pad eye in sail track, etc.  Thanks for any info!

Brandon

 

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[Brandon Gaspard]

Excellent advice Dan.  Thanks.  Just curious, how high up does the mast step flange go?  I haven't unstepped my mast yet, I just got the 26 in January.

[d...@pfeiffer.net]

No more than 1-1/2" I think.

http://dan.pfeiffer.net/p26/maststep.htm

By the way, I wrote that in the pic I referenced we were on port tack.  That should have said starboard.  To rig as preventer the vang line was run to the opposite side padeye from mainsheet.  Port on stbd tack, stbd on port tack.  You get the idea. 

Dan Pfeiffer

[Louis St Pierre]

Curiously enough, this is one of my pre-season projects for my P26 this year.  Yesterday, I installed a mast hound at the base of the mast for that attachment.  I installed it upside down so that the attachment ring is as low as possible, and yet the screws will clear the mast flange.  The ring is nearly on the deck this way.  For blocks, I used two Harken fiddle blocks, one with a becket, and no cleat.  If I understand what I learned in my mechanics class a million years ago correctly, this gives me 4:1 purchase. I ran the working end into a deck organizer then into a clutch that I had waiting for this project.  I set it all up to be 35° from the boom as recommended from the Harken rep I spoke to at the Toronto Boat show in January, with whom I consulted with.  I plan on installing a snap shackle like Dan recommended and maybe using it as a preventer/vang combo.

I'll take some pictures when I go to the boat and post them.

I hope to try it out very soon!

[Louis St Pierre]

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Here's my mast hound installation.  I know that mounting it upside down like this introduces a turning moment on it, but I think the 6 screws will hold just fine.

On Monday, May 18, 2015 at 11:39:02 AM UTC-4, Brandon Gaspard wrote: