Looking for a Boom

I am looking for a replacement boom for my Cal 2-29. The original was bent so I am looking to replace it. If you happen to have or know of a boom for sale I would surely appreciate it. My existing boom is 12' 6" long. I would really like to replace it with a little heavier boom. Thanks, Tim

Tim: If you are on the west coast, check with Ballenger Spars in Watsonville or Forespar in Southern Ca. If you are on the east coast, check with Rigrite or Dwyer spars in CT. Cheers, --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "clausont" <clausont@...> wrote: > > I am looking for a replacement boom for my Cal 2-29. The original was > bent so I am looking to replace it. If you happen to have or know of a > boom for sale I would surely appreciate it. > My existing boom is 12' 6" long. I would really like to replace it > with a little heavier boom. > Thanks, > > Tim >

Tim, I bought a new boom from a company called Le Fiel. They were in one of those urban parts of Los Angeles -- maybe Santa Fe? They make gigantic aluminum castings for aerospace and their side business are spars. My rigger recommended them. They were very easy to work with. I can't find them on the web, but if you will give me some time I can locate them in my paperwork. It is a really nice heavy duty spar and it wasn't horribly expensive. I wouldn't buy a used spar if you can avoid it. Somebody has taken it out of service for a reason. Wilkie _____ From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of clausont Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:34 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom I am looking for a replacement boom for my Cal 2-29. The original was bent so I am looking to replace it. If you happen to have or know of a boom for sale I would surely appreciate it. My existing boom is 12' 6" long. I would really like to replace it with a little heavier boom. Thanks, Tim

Here is their URL a friend of mine bought a mast for his Islander from them -- very good company to deal with http://www.lefiell.com/frameset.html _____ From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Wilkie Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:55 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom Tim, I bought a new boom from a company called Le Fiel. They were in one of those urban parts of Los Angeles -- maybe Santa Fe? They make gigantic aluminum castings for aerospace and their side business are spars. My rigger recommended them. They were very easy to work with. I can't find them on the web, but if you will give me some time I can locate them in my paperwork. It is a really nice heavy duty spar and it wasn't horribly expensive. I wouldn't buy a used spar if you can avoid it. Somebody has taken it out of service for a reason. Wilkie _____ From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of clausont Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:34 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom I am looking for a replacement boom for my Cal 2-29. The original was bent so I am looking to replace it. If you happen to have or know of a boom for sale I would surely appreciate it. My existing boom is 12' 6" long. I would really like to replace it with a little heavier boom. Thanks, Tim

Thanks. I was separating it into two words and not coming up with anything. Wilkie _____ From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Boyce Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:04 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom Here is their URL a friend of mine bought a mast for his Islander from them -- very good company to deal with http://www.lefiell. <http://www.lefiell.com/frameset.html> com/frameset.html _____ From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Wilkie Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:55 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom Tim, I bought a new boom from a company called Le Fiel. They were in one of those urban parts of Los Angeles -- maybe Santa Fe? They make gigantic aluminum castings for aerospace and their side business are spars. My rigger recommended them. They were very easy to work with. I can't find them on the web, but if you will give me some time I can locate them in my paperwork. It is a really nice heavy duty spar and it wasn't horribly expensive. I wouldn't buy a used spar if you can avoid it. Somebody has taken it out of service for a reason. Wilkie _____ From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of clausont Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:34 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom I am looking for a replacement boom for my Cal 2-29. The original was bent so I am looking to replace it. If you happen to have or know of a boom for sale I would surely appreciate it. My existing boom is 12' 6" long. I would really like to replace it with a little heavier boom. Thanks, Tim

Thanks Wilkie and John - I will check into this. I can get the original spar extrusion and sleeve to reinforce it from Seals Spars for (really) not too bad of a price out of Alameda. I was hoping to find one to get going a little cheaper for now. I am looking at a couple right now, but you have a good point that they were taken out of service for a reason. Thanks, Tim --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Wilkie" <wilkie@...> wrote: > > > > Thanks. I was separating it into two words and not coming up with anything. > > Wilkie > > _____ > > From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf > Of John Boyce > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:04 PM > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom > > > > > Here is their URL a friend of mine bought a mast for his Islander from them > -- very good company to deal with > > http://www.lefiell. <http://www.lefiell.com/frameset.html> com/frameset.html > > _____ > > From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf > Of Wilkie > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:55 AM > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom > > > > > > Tim, > > I bought a new boom from a company called Le Fiel. They were in one of > those urban parts of Los Angeles -- maybe Santa Fe? They make gigantic > aluminum castings for aerospace and their side business are spars. My > rigger recommended them. They were very easy to work with. > > I can't find them on the web, but if you will give me some time I can locate > them in my paperwork. It is a really nice heavy duty spar and it wasn't > horribly expensive. > > I wouldn't buy a used spar if you can avoid it. Somebody has taken it out > of service for a reason. > > Wilkie > > _____ > > From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf > Of clausont > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:34 PM > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom > > > > I am looking for a replacement boom for my Cal 2-29. The original was > bent so I am looking to replace it. If you happen to have or know of a > boom for sale I would surely appreciate it. > My existing boom is 12' 6" long. I would really like to replace it > with a little heavier boom. > Thanks, > > Tim >

Wilkie I own a 2-29 1974 and was wondering . How was your new boom connected to the mast the goose neck? could explain how this was done . I'm very interested in what to the boom on your web site with all the mods. Thanks Scott Walker Wilkie <wi… [at] mariposasailing.com> wrote: Thanks. I was separating it into two words and not coming up with anything. Wilkie --------------------------------- From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Boyce Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:04 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom Here is their URL a friend of mine bought a mast for his Islander from them -- very good company to deal with http://www.lefiell.com/frameset.html --------------------------------- From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Wilkie Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:55 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom Tim, I bought a new boom from a company called Le Fiel. They were in one of those urban parts of Los Angeles -- maybe Santa Fe? They make gigantic aluminum castings for aerospace and their side business are spars. My rigger recommended them. They were very easy to work with. I can't find them on the web, but if you will give me some time I can locate them in my paperwork. It is a really nice heavy duty spar and it wasn't horribly expensive. I wouldn't buy a used spar if you can avoid it. Somebody has taken it out of service for a reason. Wilkie --------------------------------- From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of clausont Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:34 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom I am looking for a replacement boom for my Cal 2-29. The original was bent so I am looking to replace it. If you happen to have or know of a boom for sale I would surely appreciate it. My existing boom is 12' 6" long. I would really like to replace it with a little heavier boom. Thanks, Tim --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

ho, Tim..... fiver here. many apologies for the delay; been a bit sick of late. i see that you are in god's Country! (oregon)..... not far from where i am here in the *Tower's of the Morning* (Seattle). i too have need of a bigger-stronger boom. the only difference is that i may have one for BB-54 in that i have a spare cal-25 mast...... :)(: and just as the Great Cal-40 utilizes a cal-28 mast-section as a boom. i may up-grade my Cal-28 to a cal-25 mast-section for a boom. of course, if i do decide to bisect said cal-25 mast; there will be enough for two! however, it will require a person to fabricate their own boom- end-fittings........ not something i will have a problem with. but others may depending on their shop-skill's (and tool's). fiver, Master of The "BB-54" one of the famous Cal-28 flush-decks out of Sierra-5, Papa Hotel (in days gone by) now hove-too, not 10' south of my front porch; in my Sister Karen's one acre back yard....... (built like a Battleship; sails like a Sub......)

Scott, My boat as pictured on my web site has a stock goose neck fitting and boom. I modified it so that the swiveling action was disabled in order to make my ridged boom vang work properly. My new LeFiell spar is not shown on the web site, but it is anchored to the boom with a simple stainless steel bracket that I had fabricated by Garhauer to match the boom fitting that came with it. Garhauer did a great job and it was relatively inexpensive. It is shaped to fit the profile of the mast and attaches with 8 large rivets. It looks like the bracket that they build for their boom vangs and functions the same. Attachments seem to come through these days so I have attached a photo taken during installation. Not all of the rivets are in yet and an oversized temporary bolt was installed. Wilkie _____ From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of scott Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:49 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom Wilkie I own a 2-29 1974 and was wondering . How was your new boom connected to the mast the goose neck? could explain how this was done . I'm very interested in what to the boom on your web site with all the mods. Thanks Scott Walker Wilkie <wi… [at] mariposasailing.com> wrote: Thanks. I was separating it into two words and not coming up with anything. Wilkie _____ From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Boyce Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:04 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom Here is their URL a friend of mine bought a mast for his Islander from them -- very good company to deal with http://www.lefiell. <http://www.lefiell.com/frameset.html> com/frameset.html _____ From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Wilkie Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:55 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom Tim, I bought a new boom from a company called Le Fiel. They were in one of those urban parts of Los Angeles -- maybe Santa Fe? They make gigantic aluminum castings for aerospace and their side business are spars. My rigger recommended them. They were very easy to work with. I can't find them on the web, but if you will give me some time I can locate them in my paperwork. It is a really nice heavy duty spar and it wasn't horribly expensive. I wouldn't buy a used spar if you can avoid it. Somebody has taken it out of service for a reason. Wilkie _____ From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of clausont Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:34 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom I am looking for a replacement boom for my Cal 2-29. The original was bent so I am looking to replace it. If you happen to have or know of a boom for sale I would surely appreciate it. My existing boom is 12' 6" long. I would really like to replace it with a little heavier boom. Thanks, Tim _____ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs> your homepage.

Hi Wilkie Thanks on the insight I mean the picture of the new boom. Is your boom old now a spare? I saw the mods that where done do it on your web site and I thought this a very good reefing mod. Here in SF we reef a lot all day the first reef with winds that reach 35knts at SFO I'm at Coyote Pt just south of that. Had great surfs back during the summer. Could I ask one more question about the Engine and hull speed I still have the Farryman a30 and the prop is martec 15x10 the boat can make about 5.5 knots with a clean bottom and engine can rev all way up no tach on this old german beast I can get 6.0 at times but it seems to be less than 6.0 most of the time using GPS so knowing when tide affects speed. There could a clutch tranny slip because has been to mexico and back ( I think this maybe a Issue but just a hunch) And 12hp is not much either . Well what is your prop and engine and speed? I would like to sail down for one of the Island trips sometime and then go where? so I have watched whished to do one of those. I race in local y.c. races you welcome to join us for great summer day on the bay for fun crusie or race. regards Scott Wilkie <wi… [at] mariposasailing.com> wrote: Scott, My boat as pictured on my web site has a stock goose neck fitting and boom. I modified it so that the swiveling action was disabled in order to make my ridged boom vang work properly. My new LeFiell spar is not shown on the web site, but it is anchored to the boom with a simple stainless steel bracket that I had fabricated by Garhauer to match the boom fitting that came with it. Garhauer did a great job and it was relatively inexpensive. It is shaped to fit the profile of the mast and attaches with 8 large rivets. It looks like the bracket that they build for their boom vangs and functions the same. Attachments seem to come through these days so I have attached a photo taken during installation. Not all of the rivets are in yet and an oversized temporary bolt was installed. Wilkie --------------------------------- From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of scott Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:49 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom Wilkie I own a 2-29 1974 and was wondering . How was your new boom connected to the mast the goose neck? could explain how this was done . I'm very interested in what to the boom on your web site with all the mods. Thanks Scott Walker Wilkie <wi… [at] mariposasailing.com> wrote: Thanks. I was separating it into two words and not coming up with anything. Wilkie --------------------------------- From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Boyce Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:04 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom Here is their URL a friend of mine bought a mast for his Islander from them -- very good company to deal with http://www.lefiell.com/frameset.html --------------------------------- From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Wilkie Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:55 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom Tim, I bought a new boom from a company called Le Fiel. They were in one of those urban parts of Los Angeles -- maybe Santa Fe? They make gigantic aluminum castings for aerospace and their side business are spars. My rigger recommended them. They were very easy to work with. I can't find them on the web, but if you will give me some time I can locate them in my paperwork. It is a really nice heavy duty spar and it wasn't horribly expensive. I wouldn't buy a used spar if you can avoid it. Somebody has taken it out of service for a reason. Wilkie --------------------------------- From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of clausont Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:34 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] Looking for a Boom I am looking for a replacement boom for my Cal 2-29. The original was bent so I am looking to replace it. If you happen to have or know of a boom for sale I would surely appreciate it. My existing boom is 12' 6" long. I would really like to replace it with a little heavier boom. Thanks, Tim --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.

--- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, scott <sscot12@...> wrote: > > Could I ask one more question about the Engine and hull speed > > I still have the Farryman a30 and the prop is martec 15x10 the boat can make > about 5.5 knots with a clean bottom and engine can rev all way up no tach on this old > german beast I can get 6.0 at times but it seems to be less than 6.0 most of the > time using GPS so knowing when tide affects speed. > > There could a clutch tranny slip because has been to mexico and back ( I think this > maybe a Issue but just a hunch) And 12hp is not much either . > Well what is your prop and engine and speed? Our old Farymann would easily push our 2-29 to hull speed at the second throttle detent with a 12x12 prop. Kick the throttle up a bit and it was wet feet.... That was after replacing the stock diaphram fuel pump with an electric. If you're still using the stock fuel pump, I'd look to that before the tranny. John

John, I have at best got 5.5 knots out of my A30, an additional knot would be great! So, converting to an electric fuel pump is the way to go you say. Can the old one be simply removed and replaced or is there some special parts required? Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: John Caldwell To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 8:39 AM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Farymann top speed - (was Looking for a Boom) --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, scott <sscot12@...> wrote: > > Could I ask one more question about the Engine and hull speed > > I still have the Farryman a30 and the prop is martec 15x10 the boat can make > about 5.5 knots with a clean bottom and engine can rev all way up no tach on this old > german beast I can get 6.0 at times but it seems to be less than 6.0 most of the > time using GPS so knowing when tide affects speed. > > There could a clutch tranny slip because has been to mexico and back ( I think this > maybe a Issue but just a hunch) And 12hp is not much either . > Well what is your prop and engine and speed? Our old Farymann would easily push our 2-29 to hull speed at the second throttle detent with a 12x12 prop. Kick the throttle up a bit and it was wet feet.... That was after replacing the stock diaphram fuel pump with an electric. If you're still using the stock fuel pump, I'd look to that before the tranny. John

Scot & all, The old boom was set up nicely.... thanks. It was pretty corroded in a lot of places and needed to be reinforced where the rigid vang attached to it. I decided to replace it. Unfortunately, I stripped the hardware off of it and left it in the driveway where it got ran over. Ooops. I still have the Schaeffer exit box, tracks and sliding cheek blocks in my garage. I was going to put that stuff on ebay, but If you wanted to try the single line reefing thing, hit me off line. I've only sailed in 30+ knots a handful of times, but always with huge seas to deal with and often breaking waves coming over the quarter. Those are the conditions we get from open ocean waves funneling SE through the Santa Barbara Channel. Most of our sailing is pretty light air otherwise. Mariposa loves to surf. I've never had the opportunity to sail San Francisco. I visit there a lot and watch races from the Marina from time to time. I have a son there, but he's not into sailing. So it would be pretty cool to catch a ride one of the times that I visit him. OK -- I have the BMW D12 engine. It is very similar to the Faryman in power (and noise and vibration) output. I swing a 14X12 flex-o-fold prop and I think the pitch is just a hair too much, but the 11 seemed too free-revving. The engine will not quite make full RPM (by ear - no prop) but she really scoots in normal conditions. My conclusion is that the 12 pitch is harder on the engine, but faster in flat conditions, which is where I would most likely motor. In rough conditions, the 11 would be better. Historically, my boat speed had dropped significantly after towing a Newport 30 into the harbor a few years ago. The trannie was slipping and eventually over-heated and ate it's own dip stick. Fairly common on those nasty Hurth trannies. Replacing the trannie put me back to my normal 5.5 knot boat speed (12X10 fixed prop.) The bigger Flex-O-Fold has made a huge difference. Regards, Wilkie _____ From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of scott <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=16485695/grpspId=1705065792/msgI d=10346/stime=1200624495/nc1=4767085/nc2=3848607/nc3=4507179>

Mark Alan Stahnke (MAS Consulting) wrote: > > John, > I have at best got 5.5 knots out of my A30, an additional knot would > be great! So, converting to an electric fuel pump is the way to go you > say. Can the old one be simply removed and replaced or is there some > special parts required? The experts can address this but I recall that marine engines with electric fuel pumps require special protection (auto shut off) so they don't fill your bilge with fuel if there's a failure downstream from it. I guess it's a lot more important with gas engines than with diesel but I sure wouldn't like a bilge full of diesel. Chris Campbell > Mark > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* John Caldwell <mailto:ja… [at] vel.net> > *To:* Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com <mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> > *Sent:* Friday, January 18, 2008 8:39 AM > *Subject:* [Cal_Boats] Farymann top speed - (was Looking for a Boom) > > --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > <mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com>, scott <sscot12@...> wrote: > > > > Could I ask one more question about the Engine and hull speed > > > > I still have the Farryman a30 and the prop is martec 15x10 the > boat can make > > about 5.5 knots with a clean bottom and engine can rev all way up > no tach on this old > > german beast I can get 6.0 at times but it seems to be less than > 6.0 most of the > > time using GPS so knowing when tide affects speed. > > > > There could a clutch tranny slip because has been to mexico and > back ( I think this > > maybe a Issue but just a hunch) And 12hp is not much either . > > Well what is your prop and engine and speed? > > Our old Farymann would easily push our 2-29 to hull speed at the > second throttle detent with a 12x12 prop. Kick the throttle up a bit > and it was wet feet.... > > That was after replacing the stock diaphram fuel pump with an > electric. If you're still using the stock fuel pump, I'd look to > that before the tranny. > > John > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.6/1231 - Release Date: 1/18/2008 11:55 AM >

--- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Mark Alan Stahnke \(MAS Consulting\)" <masconsult@...> wrote: > > John, > I have at best got 5.5 knots out of my A30, an additional knot would be great! So, converting to an electric fuel pump is the way to go you say. Can the old one be simply removed and replaced or is there some special parts required? > Mark Hi Mark, It's been a while.... The stock fuel pump lines have a sort of sleeved end that attach to the stock pump with banjo bolts. I had a fitting made that would connect the two line ends together so that I didn't have to mess with the fuel lines and could always roll back easy if I ever decided to. I'm sure that I kept that part when I pulled the Farymann out for just an instance like this. Now, I just have to remember where I put it.... I'll see if I can find it this weekend and if I do, you can have it. I used a UL Approved electric pump, which is kind of strange because I don't recall anything 12v needing UL approval. Anyway, the UL pump was the one that the Captain's Locker guys recommened and I thought a little pricey, but it worked well. I know where that is on my boat, and if you want that too, toss me a few bucks for it. :) I had your number around here once upon a time, but it's been a while, so.... Feel free to give me a ring at 310-488-6769 Best, John