This would be a very short boom indeed. What size sail: 0,3 m??

Gestalt said..
haha. yes im building a model. lol.

i fixed the typo.

I think most reduced diameter Alloy booms are going to be heavy. I know the Chinook RDG & the Severne Metal are both heavier than the Standard diameter counterpart. This is because the 26/27mm tubing has to be generally thicker wall for strength compared to the 29mm. That said I would rather have heavier RDG than lighter standard diameter - so much nicer feel IMHO. The only lightweight small diameter booms I know of are kids booms & those are usually shorter like 120/125cm versions. Hope that helps.

yeah i'm looking for a kids type boom so weight is important. current kids boom is starting to get to it's limits and I didn't want to pay for carbon.

was looking for something around 26-27 but will check it out.

Gestalt said..
unifiber tapered aluminium is 26mm and 2.45kg but needs an rdm adaptor.
duotone silver series 27.5mm 2.35kg

goya super skinny pro carbon is 24.5mm and 2.08kg
severne enigma is 25mm 1.88kg
severne aluminium is 26mm but no weight is listed.

Thanks for the info. Looks Like I will have to recalibrate my idea of a Reduced diameter Boom.

Weights a ton .. but 26mm and v-grip .. will make a huge difference with smaller hands ...
windsurfsystems.com.au/product/aeron-v-grip-alloy/

But for $300-400, I'd rather pay a bit more and buy a used carbon boom like the Severne Enigma.

Most comfortable boom will be AL360 25mm with very nice V-Grip (not likely to find second hand) ....
www.al360.it/windsurf/index.asp?pag=prodotto_scheda&ID=39

Gestalt said..

JakeNN said..
Weights a ton .. but 26mm and v-grip .. will make a huge difference with smaller hands ...
windsurfsystems.com.au/product/aeron-v-grip-alloy/

But for $300-400, I'd rather pay a bit more and buy a used carbon boom like the Severne Enigma.

Most comfortable boom will be AL360 25mm with very nice V-Grip (not likely to find second hand) ....
www.al360.it/windsurf/index.asp?pag=prodotto_scheda&ID=39

unfortunately the benefits of a skinny boom arm go out the window when the boom itself weighs as much as the sail and mast combined.

the enigma was the boom I thought i'd end up settling on but was hopeful I could find something in alloy. that hope is fading. I may need to sell a few of my existing carbon booms.

Problem is Kids booms are are short generally don't have a ton of extension(which makes them light...) & adult RDG's really HAVE to be that heavy in order to be strong enough. So either buy a used carbon or the biggest Kids boom you can find until you can afford carbon. The Chinook Kids boom is 120-160 & 26mm & pretty light. Maybe long enough? If you could find a longer version with similar tube spec out there...

Foghorn said..
If youre going to eventually get an enigma just buy the metal then you'll have spare extension clips and head.

do you know the weight of the metal boom.