I have a carbon boom which is amazing, but I like to carry a second boom for rigging a second sail or if my dad wants to borrow something. What is the best aluminum boom to get?

I have bought a few Unifibre bits recently which I have been impressed with, so I am looking at the Unifibre HD but the Neil Pride XFS one looks good. It would be a Wave 140 or 190.

Patrik Booms are looking good .most of his accessories are really good quality .

ratz said..

onshoreroy said..
I have a carbon boom which is amazing, but I like to carry a second boom for rigging a second sail or if my dad wants to borrow something. What is the best aluminum boom to get?

I have bought a few Unifibre bits recently which I have been impressed with, so I am looking at the Unifibre HD but the Neil Pride XFS one looks good. It would be a Wave 140 or 190.

would not bother....very hard to go back to using a ally boom after having a carbon one.
i tried but just ended up getting a good second hand carbon one.

I bought a 10 year old carbon NP X9 wave boom (140 - 190). Paid $300. I've had it now for 3 years, it's my go to boom for wave wind foiling. I use in 10 to 30 kts and have used in broken surf. I average over 100 sessions per year. It's much better (lighter, stiffer, stronger) than my Severne aluminium boom of the same length.

AusMoz said..
I will never use an aluminium boom ever again. The amount of crap expetiences of had with them ! Ending up in hospital for 4 days because of an aluminium boom isnt fun!

What happened?

ratz said..

would not bother....very hard to go back to using a ally boom after having a carbon one.
i tried but just ended up getting a good second hand carbon one.

Agree. Alum booms are ok for speeding/slalom sailing that have negative outhaul (some of those guys have very good reasons for alum booms). But for modern wave sails that rely on very positive outhaul, an alum boom flexes too much (or a too far extended carbon boom), and this changes the centre of effort on the sail as the effective length of the boom changes. If you use a carbon boom with these new rigs for a while, and then use a same size alum boom for a session, this effect is very noticeable. Plus, one wants to make a wave rig as light in the hands as possible anyway.