Forespar Yacht Rod Boom Vang

Precision designed with excellent vang/boom support for performance cruising and racing. White powder coated aluminum & polished stainless steel. Your 4:1 tackle 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. Caution: Oversheeting or leaning heavily on aft end of boom can bend the boom or the Yacht Rod™. The main halyard shackle should be snapped to the outboard boom end, in port, to prevent damage to the Yacht Rod™.

Features:

• Eliminates need for boom topping lift
• Supports boom in light air, when reefing and lowering mainsail
• No gas spring to lose its charge
• Faster than hydraulics - No messy hydraulics to leak
• The unit comes with spectra line ready to add to your tackle system
• 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

Note: Hardware not included, brackets for mast and boom sold separately.