Some personal experience with a gybe preventer on my previous boat (Viking 28)
During the Lake Ontario 300 (2010) we were sailing downwind in heavy seas (6 foot waves and high winds) I had a gybe preventer rigged from mid boom to the toe rail near the upper shrouds with the main on the port side of the boat. A rogue wave flipped the stern to starboard causing an accidental gybe. The gybe preventer (3/8 double braid) held the boom without breaking. HOWEVER, the force of the gybe and the wind pressure on the sail bent the boom 90 degrees. This was a catastrophic failure and in retrospect I realize that the boom must have passed within inches of my head when it bent. Without the preventer in place, I would be dead. The bent boom was a small price to pay for my life. I STRONGLY suggest that a gybe preventer must be attached near the outer end of the boom to prevent the boom from bending DURING AN ACCIDENTAL GYBE. Since the preventer is attached near the end of the boom, it must attach to the toerail as far forward as possible Best regards, Bob Hickson, P. Eng, RHI, CEA C&C 29-2 Flying Colours Frenchman's Bay Yacht Club Pickering, ON (416) 919-2297 <mailto:bobhick...@rogers.com> bobhick...@rogers.com ~~~~ __/) ~~~~
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