YACHT ROD
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YACHT ROD ™ The High Performance Spring-Loaded Mechanical Boom vang
Precision design in three sizes. Excellent vang/boom support for performance cruising and
racing. White powder coatedaluminum & polished stainless steel. Supplied with spectra cable ready to add your tackle system. Your 4:1 equals 8:1
when installed on Yacht Rod ™. Can be led to small winch for additional power. Spring return holds boom. Brackets for mast and boom sold separately. Mast and boom fittings are listed below. Caution: Oversheeting or leaning heavily on aft end of boom can bend the boom or the Yacht Rod ™ . The main
halyard shackle shouldbe snapped to the outboard boom end, in port, to prevent damage to the Yacht Rod ™ .
FEATURES:
CUSTOM OEM VANGS AVAILABLE
•Eliminates need for boom topping lift •Supports boom in light air and when reefing and lowering the mainsail•Faster than hydraulics – No messy hydraulics to leak•More efficient than conventional tackles•Tubing is white coated anodized 6061-T6 aluminum and electropolished 316 stainless steel•Precision machined 6061-T6 aluminum clevis ends, sheaves and Nylatron
® bearings•Precipitation hardened stainless steel spring with fast-pin adjustment — rated for over 1 million compressions•No gas spring to lose its charge
“FOR RACING OR CRUISING”
Note of Caution: Furling booms weigh as much as 3 times the weight of standard booms. Standard vang spring will not support their weight. VISIT OUR WEBSITE • www.forespar.com
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