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AADIVER
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Initially Posted - 01/04/2007 :  16:12:40  Show Profile  Visit AADIVER's Homepage
Any knowledge of or experience with a jibe control product called the Dutchman Boom Brake?
Frank Farmer
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/04/2007 :  16:44:32  Show Profile
I got a demo and discussed it with a rep at a boat show a few years back--thought it was pretty impressive. It dramatically limits the speed and therefore momentum of the boom moving across in a jibe (or is it gybe?). If I had a tall rig (1' lower boom) I'd have considered it very seriously.
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Response Posted - 01/04/2007 :  18:07:43  Show Profile  Visit AADIVER's Homepage
It's "jibe"
Don't quite understand how it can be tensioned from the cockpit since the tensioning control is on the unit which is installed at the vang bale on the boom.
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Response Posted - 01/04/2007 :  23:05:48  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by FARMHAND</i>
<br />It's "jibe"
Don't quite understand how it can be tensioned from the cockpit since the tensioning control is on the unit which is installed at the vang bale on the boom.
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From http://www.mvbinfo.com/dp_03_BB_brochure.html :

<b>Where It Goes</b>
The boom brake attaches directly to the boom. The line runs down to a turning block close to the chainplates, then aft to the cockpit along the toe rail. Note the separate vang forward of the brake.
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Response Posted - 01/04/2007 :  23:47:36  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by FARMHAND</i>
<br />It's "jibe"
Don't quite understand how it can be tensioned from the cockpit since the tensioning control is on the unit which is installed at the vang bale on the boom.
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Also from the web site, you can either adjust the tension on the brake line(as Dave mentioned) or pull the brake into the boom (which seems to require a line that goes up to the boom, fwd to the mast, down to the deck and back to the cockpit.
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